Klemm Kl 107

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Kl 107
Type Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer Klemm, Bölkow
Maiden flight 1940
Number built ca. 75

The Klemm Kl 107 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in Germany in 1940. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Wartime production totalled only five prototypes and some 20 production machines before the Klemm factory was destroyed by Allied bombing. Following World War II and the lifting of aviation restrictions on Germany, production recommenced in 1955 with a modernised version, the Kl 107B, of which Klemm built a small series before selling all rights to the design to Bölkow. This firm further revised the design and built it as the Kl 107C before using it as the basis for their own Bo 207.


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[edit] Variants

  • Kl 107A - wartime production version (5 prototypes and about 20 built in series)
  • Kl 107B - postwar version by Klemm (26 built)
  • Kl 107C - postwar version by Bölkow with third seat and numerous refinements (30 built)


[edit] Specifications (Kl 107A)

General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 8.16 m (26 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.87 m (35 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 15.7 m² (169 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 475 kg (1,047 lb)
  • Gross weight: 625 kg (1,378 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hirth HM 60R, 61 kW (82 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 190 km/h (118 mph)
  • Range: 670 km (418 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 5,550 m (18,200 ft)

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Related development

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[edit] References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 192. 
  • Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 85. 
  • Nowarra, Heinz (1983). Die deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945. Bonn: Bernard and Graefe, Teil 3, p.161. 


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