title: Albatros L 59
text: # Albatros L 59
  
  The Albatros L 59 was a single-seat German utility aircraft of the 1920s. It was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane with large, spatted wide track undercarriage attached, unusually for the time not to the fuselage but to the wing roots. The whole aircraft was covered in 3-ply.
  
  The L.59 was flying by September 1923.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### L.59
  
      Single seat, 60 hp (45 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh.4 5-cylinder radial. One built.
  
  ### L.60
  
      Two seats, 80 hp (60 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh 5 7-cylinder radial. Identical dimensions, slightly heavier empty and faster both level and climbing. Three built.
  
  ## Specifications (L 59)
  
  Data from Flight 13 September 1923, pp. 581–2
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one pilot
  * Length: 5.40 m (17 ft 9 in)
  * Wingspan: 10.30 m (33 ft 9 in)
  * Height: 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
  * Wing area: 10.0 $m^2$ (108 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
  * Gross weight: 485 kg (1,069 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh.4 5-cylinder radial , 45 kW (60 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 140 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn) at 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
  * Range: 525 km (327 mi, 284 nmi)
  * Rate of climb: 1.9 m/s (365 ft/min) to 1,000 m (3,280 ft)
  