The Two Place Ho III g


Usage

 

Trainer

 

Fuselage Construction

Steel tube

 

Wing Construction

 

Wood

 

Capacity

 

Instructor and Student

 

Span

 

20.5 m

 

Sweep Angle

 

24.3 degrees

 

Taper Ratio

 

8.0

 

Wing Root Thickness

 

20% chord

 

Wing Root Depth

 

3.25 m

 

Rib Spacing

 

0.2 m (0.10 at the leading edge)

Wing Area

 

37.5 m2

 

Aspect Ratio

 

11.1

 

Pilot position

 

Seated

 

Mid-section width

 

2.4 m

 

Cockpit width

 

0.8 m

 

Cockpit height (from seat)

 

0.95 m

 

Empty weight

 

300 kg

 

Ballast (water)

 

---

 

Additional payload

 

160 kg

 

Maximum weight

 

460 kg

 

Wing loading

 

12.2 kg/m2

 

Stall speed

 

46 km/h

 

Landing speed

 

46 km/h

 

Minimum Sink

 

0.60 m/s at 53 km/h and 12.2 kg/m2 loading

Best Glide Ratio

 

28:1 at 70 km/h and 12.2 kg/m2 loading

Maximum speed

 

210 km/h

 
2 two-seaters were completed in Gottingen in 1944. Both used Ho III b wings and a radically modified center section. The pilots sat upright in tandem; a full set of controls were installed in both cockpits. The purpose of the aircraft was simply to provide a trainer for flying wing pilots.

 Flight training with the two "g" models were conducted at the glider schools at Klippeneck and Hornberg between July 1944 and the end of March 1945.