Junkers F13 (replica)
The Junkers F 13 of 1919 was the first all-metal airliner. This replica, first flown in 2016, keeps the corrugated metal skin, open cockpit and four-seat cabin but uses a 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial and modern instruments.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 85 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 120 kt
- Range
- 345 nm
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Total capacity
- 386 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 86 l/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog and glass
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 4
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 2,000 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,616 kg
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- Tailwheel · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Junkers
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- F13
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2016
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 9.6 m
- Wingspan
- 14.85 m
- Height
- 3.11 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.6 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Junkers F13 (replica)Length 9.6 m
- Diamond DA50 RGLength 9.24 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Red line: never exceed
- 51 kt
- 120 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Junkers F13 (replica) in the simulator
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