Engineering:Bartel BM 1

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BM 1 Maryla
Role Fighter
Designer Ryszard Bartel in 1925
Status Design only - never built

The Bartel BM 1 Maryla, originally Bartel M.1 was a fighter aircraft design for the Poland military that did not advance beyond the design stage. It was designed in response to a Polish War Ministry competition in 1925 and was placed third, netting Bartel a zł 1,000 prize. Maryla was the name of Bartel's wife. The design was a single-seat parasol-wing monoplane similar in configuration to the Nieuport-Delage sesquiplanes of the era. A distinctive feature were Y-shaped struts joining wing with an undercarriage. It was not built.[1]

Specifications (as designed)

Data from Polish Aircraft 1893–1939[1] Bartel BM-1 "Maryla", 1925[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 22 m2 (240 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: Bartel 37/IIa
  • Empty weight: 1,020 kg (2,249 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine 12E Courlis W-12 cylinder liquid-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 285 km/h (177 mph, 154 kn)

Armament

References

Further reading

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.