Siebel Si 201

The Siebel Si 201 was an experimental aircraft for the slow flight of the Siebel Flugzeugwerke.

Developed the aircraft was as competition design for the Fieseler Fi 156 The aircraft was an unconventional design with a square glass pulpit for a maximum of three people and a tubular tail boom. The abgestrebten wings were mounted in high-decker behind the pulpit, the motor was about in a gondola and drove a pusher propeller. The chassis was designed as a fixed standard suspension.

It was made ​​only a test sample. After Ernst Udet had flown the Si 201, the project in favor of the Fi 156 was discontinued.

Worth mentioning is the close similarities in the structural design of the 1989 for the first time flown Seabird Seeker.

Specifications

Siebel Si 201

  • Engine: Argus As 10C with 240 hp
  • Wingspan: 14.0 m
  • Length: 9.5 m
  • Height: 3.4 m
  • Wing area: 31.0 m²
  • Mass: 1120 kg
  • Max. Take off weight: 1440 kg
  • Maximum speed: 185 km / h
  • Service ceiling: 5500 m
  • Range: 450 km
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