Hopfner HS-8/29

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HS-8/29
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Hopfner HS-8/29 with Walter NZ-85
RoleUtility aircraft
National originAustria
Manufacturer Hopfner
Designer Theodor Hopfner
First flight1928
Number built16

The Hopfner HS-8/29 was a utility aircraft built in Austria in the late 1920s based on the Hopfner HS-5/28. It used a modernised version of its predecessor's airframe, being a conventional, parasol-wing monoplane with seating for two occupants in tandem, open cockpits. The landing gear was of fixed, tailskid type with divided main units. The first prototype used the same Walter NZ 85 engine that the later HS-5/28s had used, but this was followed by 14 production examples with Siemens engines, and a single prototype with a de Havilland Gipsy III.

Contents

Variants

Specifications (HS-8/29 - Walter Venus engine)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Grey, C.G., ed. (1931). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 3c.

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