Junkers K 16
The Junkers K 16 was a business aircraft of the German manufacturer Junkers & Co. from the early 1920s. In addition to the pilots, designed as a high-wing aircraft could accommodate two more people.
History
The K 16 was born in 1921 on the basis of findings that had been obtained with the Junkers J 15. The first flight took place on 3 March 1921. In order to avoid the confiscation by the victorious powers of World War I, the machine was then broken down into their individual parts and brought to the Netherlands. There, the more flying took place.
The aircraft was used mainly on scenic flights or corporate aircraft, but it was as a sports machine use.
Construction
The system, designed as a cantilever high-wing aircraft largely adopted the design of its predecessor J 15 The open cockpit, however, was laid before the passenger cabin to allow the pilot a better view and to protect it from the exhaust of the engine turbulence. The body of the machine had only a low ground clearance, so that one could go into the cabin with a single step. The range, which was 11 meters in the prototype, was enlarged with the standard version to 12.80 meters.
The machine was originally equipped with a 45 kW payable radial engine Siemens Sh 4 of Siemens & Halske, in line with the provisions of Nachkriegsbaubeschränkungen by the Versailles Treaty. With 125 km / h the plane, however, was comparatively slow. Soon Siemens Sh were installed 5 with 63 kW ( 16 K ) and Bristol Lucifer with 74 kW (K 16ce ), whereby an increase in speed of 10 km / h could be achieved. An exported to Czechoslovakia machine with the identification L BACA (K 16bo ) received a 96 -kW Walter motor, the speed rose to 150 km / h The variant K16bi was with a 92 kW payable Siemens Sh 12 equipped.