| HS.9 and HS.16 | |
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| HS.9 | |
| Role | two-seat touring monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Hopfner, Hirtenberg |
| Designer | Theodor Hopfner |
| First flight | 1932 |
| Number built | ca. 40 |
The Hirtenberg HS.9 was an Austrian two-seat touring or training aircraft of the early 1930s.
Design and development
A derivative of the Hopfner HS-5/28 via the Hopfner HS-8/29, the HS.9 was a parasol wing monoplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear and room for two occupants in tandem open cockpits, and first flew as the Hopfner HS-9/32 in 1932, powered by a de Havilland Gipsy I engine. Production versions had Siemens Sh 14 engines with NACA cowlings. A single example of a refined version with an uncowled Siemens engine was flown in 1935 as the Hopfner HS-9/35, shortly before the Hopfner company went bankrupt.
When Hopfner's assets were purchased by Otto Eberhardt Patronenfabrik, production continued of both de Havilland- and Siemens-powered aircraft under the Hirtenberg brand.
Variants
- HS-9/32 - Original version by Hopfner
- HS-9/35 - developed version of HS-9/32
- HS.9 - Production aircraft with a Siemens Sh 14a piston engine.
- HS.9A - Production aircraft with a de Havilland Gipsy Major piston engine.
- HS.16 - military trainer version of HS.9
Operators
Specifications (HS.9A)
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3.[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 10.972 m (36 ft 0 in)
- Empty weight: 568.8 kg (1,254 lb)
- Gross weight: 948 kg (2,090 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major , 90 kW (120 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph, 103 kn)
References
Further reading
- The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft. London: Orbis Publications. 1982–1985. p. 2173.