BFW M.27

what is it?

The BFW M.27, sometimes known as the Messerschmitt M.27, was a German two-seat sports plane with a low, cantilever wing, open cockpits and a fixed undercarriage sold in small numbers at the start of the 1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• range 700 kmwithout refuelling
• size 720 kgmax take-off weight
• built 12made 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 96 years ago, in 1930.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1930

number built

12

role

two seat sports plane

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Messerschmitt

engines

1× Argus As 8R four-cylinder inverted inline air-cooled

crew

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

12 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

720 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

700 km

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