Albatros L102

L102
Role	Trainer
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight	September 1932
Number built	10

The Albatros L102 (company designation) / Albatros Al 102 (RLM designation), was a German trainer aircraft of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing landplane, seating the student pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. A biplane floatplane version was also built as the Al 102W, with strut-braced lower wings.

Variants

Albatros W 102 photo from L'Aerophile November 1932

• L102L

The landplane version with tailwheel undercarriage and parasol monoplane wing. Eight built.

• L102W

Two examples built as biplane floatplanes, one of which was designated as the Focke-Wulf Fw 55W.

Al 102L

RLM designation for the L102L landplane

Al 102W

RLM designation for the L102W floatplane

Specifications (L102L)

Albatros L/W 102 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile November 1932

Data from Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 & German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
  

L102W: 9.4 m (31 ft)

• Wingspan: 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 22.2 m² (239 sq ft) monoplane
  

Al 102W: 31.40 m² (338 sq ft) (sesquiplane)

• Aspect ratio: 7.97
• Empty weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
  

L102W: 965 kg (2,127 lb)

• Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
  

L102W: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)

• Fuel capacity: 160 kg (353 lb) + Oil 20 kg (44 lb)
  

L102W: 158 kg (348 lb) + Oil 10 kg (22 lb)

• Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 10C inverted V-8, air-cooled piston engine, 177 kW (237 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
  

L102W: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn) at sea level

• Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn) at sea level
  

L102W: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn) at sea level

• Range: 680 km (420 mi, 370 nmi)
  

L102W: 585 km (364 mi; 316 nmi)

• Endurance: 3.5 hours
  

L102W: 3.25 hours

• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  

L102W: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)

• Rate of climb: 4.9 m/s (960 ft/min)
  

L102W: 3.1 m/s (610.2 ft/min)

• Wing loading: 54.05 kg/m² (11.07 lb/sq ft)
  

L102W: 42.99 kg/m² (8.8 lb/ft²)

References

• Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier (in German). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36–37 & 236–237. ISBN 3-7637-5465-2.

External links

• German Aircraft between 1919-1945