Gotha Ka 430
Ka 430 | |
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Role | Transport glider |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Gotha |
Designer | |
First flight | 27 March 1944 |
Status | prototypes only |
Number built | 12 |
The Gotha Ka 430 was a military transport glider, first built in 1944. The glider was designed by . Twelve had been produced by the end of World War II, but none of them was used operationally.[1]
The glider could carry twelve men, and tests were being conducted towards the end of the war to see if it could carry a cargo of 1,400 kg (3,100 lb). A single 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine gun was fitted for self-defence.
Specifications[]
Data from Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933–1945 Vol.2 – Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 12 troops / 1,700 kg (3,750 lb)
- Length: 13.22 m (43 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)
- Height: 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 39.9 m2 (429 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
- Gross weight: 4,600 kg (10,141 lb)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 320 km/h (200 mph, 170 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 14:1
- Maximum towing speed 218 km/h (135 mph; 118 kn)
Armament
- 1 × 13 mm (0.512 in) MG 131 machine gun in dorsal turret
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gotha Ka 430. |
- ^ "Gotha Kalkert Ka 430". Trzecia Rzesza 1933-1945 (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftruestung 1933–1945 Vol.2 – Flugzeugtypen Erla-Heinkel (in German). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 144–145, 268–269. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1940s German military transport aircraft
- Glider aircraft
- Gotha aircraft
- High-wing aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1944