Fieseler Fi 156
Type: STOL multi-role
Origin: Gerhard Fiesler Werke Gmbh
Production: Almost entirely by Morane-Saulnier, Puteaux, France and Benes-Mraz, Czechoslovakia
Models:A, C, D, E, & Fi 256
First Flight: May 1936
Service Delivery: About May 1937
Final Delivery: 1949, to France
Number built: 2,900+
POWERPLANT(s): Typical
DIMENSIONS:
WEIGHTS:
PERFORMANCE:
ARMAMENTS:
Origin: Gerhard Fiesler Werke Gmbh
Production: Almost entirely by Morane-Saulnier, Puteaux, France and Benes-Mraz, Czechoslovakia
Models:A, C, D, E, & Fi 256
First Flight: May 1936
Service Delivery: About May 1937
Final Delivery: 1949, to France
Number built: 2,900+
POWERPLANT(s): Typical
- Model: Argus As 10C
- Type: Inverted V8, aircooled
- Number: One
- Horsepower: 240 hp
- Propeller Unit: Schwartz two-blade fixed pitch wooden propeller
- Fuel Capacity: 32.56 Imperial Gallons (148 Liters)
- Lubricant Capacity: 2.42 Imperial Gallons (11 Liters)
DIMENSIONS:
- Wing span: 14.25m (46 ft. 9in.)
- Wing Surface Area: 26 m2 (280 sq ft)
- Length: 9.90m (32 ft. 5¾ in.)
- Height: 3.00m (9 ft. 10 in.)
- Stabilizer Span: N/A
WEIGHTS:
- Empty: 930kg (2,050 lbs.)
- Loaded: 1,320kg (2,910 lbs.)
PERFORMANCE:
- Maximum Speed: 109mph (175 kph)
- Minimum Speed: 32mph (51 kph)
- Stall speed: 29 mph (46 kph)
- Take-Off distance: 65m (213 ft.)
- Landing Distance: 20m (61 ft.)
- Range:
- Maximum Fuel: 966km (600 miles) at 97kph (60 mph)
- Maximum Payload: 380km (236 miles)
- Service Ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.8 m/s (940 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 48.5 kg/m2 (9.9 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.143 kW/kg (0.087 hp/lb)
ARMAMENTS:
- One x 7.92mm MG 15 mounted in the upper rear of the cabin
- Ammunition: Three 50-rnd Magazines
Sources:
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia: Fieseler Fi 156
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe
, 1977, Salamander
Books Ltd., LondonWikipedia: Fieseler Fi 156
