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The Hansa-Brandenburg W.17 was a German flying boat fighter of the World War I era, designed and built by Hansa-Brandenburg.

W.17
Role	Flying boat fighter Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Hansa-Brandenburg
First flight	July 1917
Number built	2

Design and development

Two W.17 prototypes were built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The first prototype (A49/I) was a biplane with a cantilever lower wing, while the second prototype (A 49/II) was a triplane with interplane bracing struts. Armament consisted of two 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose machine guns. Gottfried Banfield, who oversaw evaluation of the W.17, judged the aircraft unsuitable for service due to its poor maneuverability. The second W.17, meanwhile, was evaluated by the Austro-Hungarian Navy in July 1917 but was not ordered into production.

See also

Related lists

• List of flying boats and floatplanes

References

Further reading

• Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 293. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

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