Hansa-Brandenburg W.33

what is it?

Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 was a German two-seat, single-engined low-wing monoplane floatplane, which had been developed by Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke during World War I as a higher powered enlargement of the similar Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 and despite the increase in size the two types are very difficult to differentiate.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 15.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 640 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,100 kgmax take-off weight
• built 25made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 108 years ago, in 1918.
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.9 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1918

introduced

1918

retired

1936

status

retired

number built

25

role

reconnaissance floatplane

origin

German Empire

makers

Hansa-Brandenburg

engines

1× Maybach Mb.IVa / Mb.IVa

crew

2

length

11.1 m

wingspan

15.9 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

2,100 kg

top speed

170 km/h

cruise speed

154 km/h

range

640 km

ceiling

4,200 m

wings

low wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.