Darmstadt D-18 |





| Type | Two seat sportplane | |
| Engine | 1 Armstrong Genet | 1 Armstrong Genet Major |
| Dimensions | Length 6.14 m, span 7.20 m, height 2.62 m, wing area 12.1 m2, aspect ratio 4.3 | |
| Weights | Empty 320 kg, fuel 70 kg load 330 kg, flying weight 650 kg, wing loading 53.7 kg/m2 | Empty 374 kg, fuel 70 kg, load 276 kg, flying weight 650 kg, wing loading 53.7 kg/m2 |
| Performance | Max. speed 200 km/h, climb to 1000 m 3.0 min, service ceiling 5800 m, range 800 km | Max. speed 196 km/h |
Darmstadt D-18 always got admiration for the good-looking design |
Darmstadt D-18 at the Intenational Air rally 1930 |
Darmstadt D-18 at the International Air Rally 1929 |
Darmstadt D-18 front view |
Darmstadt D-18 winter trials |
| Type | Werk.Nr. | Registration | History |
| D-18 | D-1561 | Designed in 1929 by Dipl.Ing. F. Fecher with a wing profile designed by Joukovski. First flights were very promising. Transferred to Berlin for acceptance test by DVL (Pilots Nehring and Voight). Took part in the Europa-Rundflug 1929. The aircraft was flown 324.2 km with a fuel consumption of 27.95 kg with an average speed of 156.7 km/h. had to withdraw because of a crash. (Morzik won this competition with the Messerschmitt M-23). The aircraft was repaired, now with an Armstrong Genet Major engine. Now it set 3 world records : On the 21 of April 1930 Voight and Dauléreached 7521 m, on the 23 of April Rudolf Neininger and K. Stark flew from Darmstadt to Wiesbaden with a speed of 214.848 km/h, on the 23 of May 1930 Voight reached 8142 m. For the Europa-Rundflug 1930 it was equipped with an enclosed cockpit , encreased the weight to 374.3 kg. Engine problems forced Neininger to ditch in the Mediterranean |