O.Thetford, P.Gray German Aircraft of the First World War (Putnam)

Brandenburg L 16
   This experimental triplane was built during 1917 with differing radiator installations, but remained no more than a prototype. Engine, 185 h.p. Austro-Daimler. Span, 9.0 m. (29 ft. 6 3/8 in.). Length, 7.215 m. (23 ft. 8 in.). Height, 3.7 m. (12 ft. 1 3/4 in.). Area, 33.5 sq.m. (362 sq.ft.). Weights: Empty, 740 kg. (1,628 lb.). Loaded, 935 kg. (2,057 lb.). Speed, 190 km.hr. (118.75 m.p.h.). Armament, two fixed Spandau machine-guns.

W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters

BRANDENBURG L 16 German

   A single-seat equi-span fighter triplane, developed for the Austro-Hungarian K.u.k. Luftfahrttruppen, with aerofoil-section I-type interplane bracing struts, the L 16 was powered by a 185 hp Austro-Daimler six-cylinder water-cooled engine and was intended to carry an armament of two synchronised machine guns. Various coolant radiator arrangements were evaluated on the single prototype built, but the fighter offered insufficient promise to warrant series production and development was abandoned.

Max speed, 118 mph (190 km/h).
Empty weight, 1,631 lb (740 kg).
Loaded weight, 2,061 lb (935 kg).
Span, 29 ft 6 1/3 in (9,00 m).
Length, 23 ft 7 7/8 in (7,21 m).
Height, 12 ft 1 2/3 in (3,70 m).
Wing area, 360.59 sq ft (33,5 m2).

C.Owers Hansa-Brandenburg Aircraft of WWI Vol.1: Landplanes (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 17)

Type L 16
  
   Brandenburg was not immune to the triplane craze and when specifications of a captured Sopwith Triplane were received from Flars a single-seat triplane fighter was soon designed around a 200-hp Daimler engine. Of large dimensions, the L 16 was completed by December 1917. It was a neat looking triplane with equi-span wings. The I-type interplane struts had an airfoil section. Like so many other triplane prototypes it remained a single example. It was sent to Lloyd where it was evaluated with the serial 40.15. Details of its first flights are unknown. By March 1918 it was hangared at the Phonix facilities at Aspern. Flown only occasionally, the triplane was obsolescent and remained with Phonix till the war's end.

Brandenburg Type L 16 Specifications
Source Typenschau PMG Data
Span, m 9.00 9.00
Length, m - 7.17
Height, m - 2.82
Wing Area, m2 33.50 33.5
Empty Wt., kg 740 740
Loaded Wt., kg 935 935
Speed, km/h 190 190
Time to 1000 m 4 minutes 1 minutes
Time to 2000 m - 3 minutes
Motor 185-hp Austro-Daimler 200-hp Austro-Daimler

E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918

60. Flugzeuge der Ungarischen Flugzeugfabrik A.G. (Ufag) Budapest und Hansa Brandenburgische Flugzeugfabrik Brandenburg/Briest
60.59 Brandenburg Dr (Type L 16) Dm 200