AGO Ao 192
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D-OCTB in Tunisia, 1939 | |
Role | Light transport/utility aircraft |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | AGO Flugzeugwerke |
First flight | 1935 |
Number built | 9 |
The Ago Ao 192 Kurier (Courier) was a small German twin-engined aircraft designed and built by AGO Flugzeugwerke in the 1930s. A small production run of six aircraft followed three prototypes, these being used as transports.
Development and design
[edit]The AGO Flugzeugwerke was re-established at Oschersleben in 1934,[1] with its first design a multi-purpose light-twin-engined aircraft offered against the same requirement for a light aircraft that produced the Gotha Go 146 and Siebel Fh 104.[2]
AGO's design, the Ao 192, was a low-winged cantilever monoplane of all-metal construction. Its monocoque fuselage accommodated a crew of two pilots who sat side by side in an enclosed flight deck, while there were seats for five passengers in a separate cabin. It was powered by two 179 kW (240 hp) Argus As 10 and had a retractable tailwheel undercarriage.[1]
The first prototype made its maiden flight in mid-1935, soon being followed by a second aircraft, similar to the first. A third prototype, with a deeper fuselage allowing an additional passenger to be carried, more powerful engines and a revised undercarriage, formed the basis for the planned Ao 192B civil transport, with versions planned to serve as light transports, ambulance aircraft and survey aircraft. In addition, a number of military variants were proposed, including a light reconnaissance aircraft and a light bomber.[1]
AGO had large orders for licence-built aircraft for the Luftwaffe however, with much of their wartime work involved with Focke-Wulf, and only six AGO production aircraft could be built.[1]
Operational history
[edit]The six production aircraft were acquired by the German state, with one being used as the personal transport of Dr Robert Ley, the head of the Reichsarbeitdienst (RAD/Reich Labour Service), while others were used as transports by the Waffen-SS and at the Luftwaffe test-centre at Rechlin.[1]
Variants
[edit]- Ao 192V1
- First prototype. Argus As 10 C engines.
- Ao 192V2
- Second prototype, revised, braced, tailplane.
- Ao 192V3
- Third prototype. Argus As 10E engines, revised fuselage and undercarriage.
- Ao 192B
- Production series based on V3. Six built.
Specifications (Ao 192B)
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Data from Air International June 1977,[1] Flugzeug-Typenbuch 1941[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 pilot + 1 radio operator
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 10.98 m (36 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 13.54 m (44 ft 5 in)
- Height: 3.64 m (11 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 25.04 m2 (269.5 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,640 kg (3,616 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,860 kg (6,305 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,950 kg (6,504 lb)
- Fuel capacity: main tank:410 L (110 US gal; 90 imp gal); oil tank:38 L (10 US gal; 8.4 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 2 × Argus As 10E air-cooled inverted V-8 engine, 200 kW (270 hp) each
- Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch wooden propellers, 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph, 181 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Cruise speed: 238 km/h (148 mph, 129 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Landing Speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
- Range: 1,360 km (850 mi, 730 nmi)
- Endurance: 3.86 hours
- Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft) on 2 engines; 1,500 m (4,900 ft) on 1 engine
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 3.2 minutes; 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 7.2 minutes; 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 20 minutes
- Wing loading: 114.05 kg/m2 (23.36 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 5.3 kg/hp
- Landing run: 275 m (902 ft)
- Take-off run: 235 m (771 ft)
See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Munson, K. G. (1960). Enemy Aircraft (German and Italian) of World War II. London: Ian Allen. p. 64.
- Lucchini, Carlo (April 1999). "Le meeting saharien de 1938" [The 1938 Sahara Air Meeting]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (73): 53–57. ISSN 1243-8650.
- "Plane Facts". Air International, June 1977, Vol 12 No 6. p. 306.
- Smith, J.R. and Kay, Antony J. German Aircraft of the Second World War. London: Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0 85177 836 4.
External links
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- AGO Ao 192
- Ago Ao 192 "Kurier" - In Polish