Hansa-Brandenburg L.16
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Hansa-Brandenburg
First flight	1917
Status	Prototype
Primary user	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Produced	1917 - 1918
Number built	1

The Hansa-Brandenburg L.16, was an experimental triplane fighter that was designed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War.^[1]

Specifications (Hansa-Brandenburg L.16)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.17 m (23 ft 6 in)
• Upper wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Mid wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Lower wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 33.5 m² (361 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 740 kg (1,631 lb)
• Gross weight: 935 kg (2,061 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Austro-Daimler 185hp 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 138 kW (185 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 1 minute
• 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 3 minutes

Armament

• Guns: 2 × fixed, forward-firing 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose machine guns