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The Bücker Bü 180 Student was a 1930s German two-seat sporting/training aircraft built by Bücker Flugzeugbau.

Bü 180 Student
Role	Two-seat sport/training monoplane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Bücker Flugzeugbau
First flight	1937

Development

In January 1937 Major Werner Junck, chief of the LC II, the technical wing of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium responsible for the development of new aircraft, informed various minor aircraft manufacturers such as Bücker, Fieseler, Gothaer Waggonfabrik, Flugzeugwerke Halle and Klemm that they would not get any contracts for the development of military aircraft. He therefore advised them to concentrate in the development of a Volksflugzeug or a small twin-engined plane. Following on from the success of the Bü 133 Jungmeister the Bücker company designed the Bü 180, while the other companies produced the Fi 253, the Si 202, the Kl 105 and the Go 150.^{[citation needed]}

It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane that would be later used as a trainer aircraft and named Student.^{[by whom?]} The wing was of wooden construction with a mixture of plywood and fabric covering. The fuselage was a steel tube frame forward and a wooden monocoque aft with a fabric covering. The Student had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a Walter Mikron II inline engine. The prototype first flew in 1937 and a small number were built for civilian use.

Variants

Bü 180A

Production variant with a 37 kW (50 hp) Zündapp Z9-092 engine.

Bü 180B

Production variant with a 45 kW (60 hp) Walter Mikron II engine.

Bü 180C

Proposed variant with an 60 kW (80 hp) Bücker Bü M700 engine.

Specifications (Bü 180B)

Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich and The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. [1][2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
• Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 295 kg (650 lb)
• Gross weight: 540 kg (1,190 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron II inverted 4-cyl. air-cooled in-line piston engine, 45 kW (60 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
• Range: 650 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 8 minutes 54 seconds

See also

• Volksflugzeug

Related development

• Bücker Bü 134
• Bücker Bü 182

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• de Havilland Moth Minor

References

Notes

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На других языках

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[de] Bücker Bü 180

Die Bücker Bü 180 Student war ein ziviles deutsches Sport- und Anfängerschulflugzeug des Flugzeugherstellers Bücker Flugzeugbau.

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- [en] Bücker Bü 180 Student

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[it] Bücker Bü 180

Il Bücker Bü 180, successivamente rinominato Bü 180 Student, era un aereo da turismo ed addestramento monomotore biposto ad ala bassa prodotto in piccola quantità dall'azienda tedesca Bücker Flugzeugbau GmbH negli anni trenta.

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