The Sachsen Doppeldecker of 1911 was the first Sachsen doppeldecker – powered by a 55 hp Argus and built by Alfred Manhardt and Erich Schmidt at the Sächsische Automobil- und Flugzeugwerke; the fore-runner to Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (D.F.W.).
Circa 2008
Manufactured in the US, kits included the engine and propeller. Using as standard the Aeros Stranger wing, other options were available.
Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp
hp range: 41-65
Height: 12 ft
Length: 13 ft
Wing span: 33 ft
Wing area: 160 sq.ft
Empty weight: 235 lb
Gross weight: 885 lb
Fuel capacity: 5-10 USG
Max speed: 69 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Range: 250 sm
Rate of climb: 1000 fpm
Takeoff dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft
Seats: 2
Manufactured in the US, kits included the engine and propeller. Using as standard the Aeros Stranger wing, other options were available.
Engine options were the Rotax 447 (US$7990) of Rotax 503 (US$8795).
Engine: Kawasaki 340cc, 32 hp
HP range: 32-65
Height: 15 ft
Length: 10 ft
Wing span: 34 ft
Wing area: 180 sq.ft
Fuel cap: 5 USG
Weight empty: 205 lb
Gross: 600 lb
Speed max: 50 mph
Cruise: 46 mph
Range: 100 sm
Stall: 19 mph
ROC: 1000 fpm
Take-off dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft
Seats: 1-2
Landing gear: nose wheel
Strap-on personal helicopter built at home in France by George Sablier. George Sablier demonstrated his one-man helicopter at the International Meeting of Individual Helicopters in St. Etienne, France, in 1954. A special apparatus prevents the pilot from gyrating with the propeller.
Engine: 6 h.p. piston
Rotors: 4-blade
Rotor diameter: 10 ft
Loaded weight: 60 lb
Max. speed: 31 mph
Endurance: 10 hr
The first aircraft of the Carinthian Dr. Josef Sablatnig, built and flown in 1911 in Austria by the Osterreichisch-Ungarische Autoplan (Werner&Pfleiderer) works. Motor is a 85 hp Gnôme. With about 120 km/h it was maybe the fastest aircraft in Austria then.
A post-war six-passenger airliner.
Nine or ten were acquired by Deutsche Luft Hansa when it began operations in 1926.
A post-war four passenger airliner evolved from the N.I. The pilot sat in the open, but the passengers had an enclosed, heated and lighted cabin.
The SF4 was a single-seat fighter floatplane, built both as a biplane and triplane during 1916-17.
Engine: Benz 150 hp
The SF1 floatplane (1915) developed into the SF2.
In 1970 Richard Sabey built the SX-1 two place enclosed low wing monoplane, with retractable undercarriage. Registered N25RS was built using parts of Culvers PQ-14 and V, and Cessna 150. The cost of construction was $2,500. Only the one was built.
Engine: Lycoming O-290-G4
Wingspan: 30’0″
Length: 21’6″
Max speed: 234 mph
Cruise speed: 145 mph
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