title: Albatros L 75
text: # Albatros L 75
  
  The Albatros L 75 Ass (German: "Ace") was a German trainer biplane of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated the pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. The wings were single-bay, equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed by Focke-Wulf.
  
  ## Variants
  
  * L 75 - prototype with BMW IVa engine
  * L 75a - production version with BMW Va engine
  * L 75b - with Junkers L5 engine
  * L 75c - BMW Va engine
  * L 75d - BMW Va engine
  * L 75E - BMW Va engine
  * L 75F - Junkers L5G engine
  * L 75DSA - BMW Va engine
  * L 75DSB - Junkers L5 engine
  
  ## Operators
  
  * DVS
  
  ## Specifications (L 75a)
  
  Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, German Aircraft between 1919–1945
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 2
  * Length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
  * Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
  * Height: 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
  * Wing area: 37 $m^2$ (400 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
  * Gross weight: 1,835 kg (4,045 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 480 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) main, 93 L (25 US gal; 20 imp gal) in reserve gravity-feed tank
  * Powerplant: 1 × BMW Va six-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp) for take-off 240 kW (320 hp) continuous
  * Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 217 km/h (135 mph, 117 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
  * Landing speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
  * Range: 1,600 km (990 mi, 860 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
  * Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 7 minutes
  * Wing loading: 59.8 $kg/m^2$ (12.2 lb/sq ft)
  * Power/mass: 0.1141 kW/kg (0.0694 hp/lb)
  