Henschel Hs 121

The Hs 121 was a single-seat training aircraft for advanced training.

It was designed in 1933 by graduate engineer cook and proof of proficiency ( at that time was required of all new aircraft companies ) Henschel aircraft factories in Johannistal built by order of the Reich Air Ministry. The test pilot Professor Scheubel started with the first prototype ( serial number 1), the Hs 121 V1, on January 4, 1934 First Flight. In a crash landing on January 30, 1934, the Hs 121 V1 was so badly damaged that repair was no longer profitable. Instead, put it another Hs 121 as a second test pattern under the serial number 7 ago. You got the registration D- EOVA and first flew on 24 September 1934. With her hull was strengthened, enlarged the rudder, braced tailplane and the suspension an additional Abstrebung added to the hull. After several test flights, the Hs 121 V2 was sold along with the Hs 125 V2 ( serial number 3) in October 1936 at the German Research Institute for Aviation ( DVL ) and picked up on December 10, 1936 in Schönefeld.

Design and Specifications

  • Wing: wing monoplane design with bend; two-piece, all-metal wing with zweiholmiger partially fabric-covered bottoms and ailerons; Flaps from the kink to the ailerons reaching, actuated by worm gear; both wing halves intercepted by two parallel stems.
  • Hull: light alloy stressed skin fuselage with oval cross section; Accessible engine by large flaps
  • Covered with fabric Simple, braced tail unit in all-metal construction, rowing: tail
  • Suspension: rigid spur wheel chassis; Main wheels on cantilevered spring legs with Uerdinger ring suspension, disguised streamlined tailwheel also disguised
  • Powerplant: One air-cooled 8- cylinder V- type engine Argus As 10C with 240 hp take-off power; Two-blade propeller set- wooden
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