Shcherbakov Shche-2
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The Shcherbakov Shche-2 was a Soviet light aircraft designed and manufactured during the Great Patriotic War, named after its designer, Alexei Shcherbakov.
Shche-2 was a semi-cantilever high-wing cabin monoplane of largely wooden construction. It was designed in 1942-1943 as a multipurpose military transport, went into production in 1943, and phased out in 1946.
After the war, the plane served at various civil duties as well.
[edit] Specifications (Shche-2)
[edit] General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Capacity: 16 troops, 11 stretchers, or 1,130 kg (2,491 lb) of cargo
- Length: 14.27 m (46 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 20.48 m (67 ft 2 in)
- Height: m ( ft in)
- Wing area: 63.9 m² (687 ft²)
- Empty: 2,270 kg (5,004 lb)
- Loaded: 3,400 kg (7,496 lb)
- Maximum takeoff: 3,700 kg (8,157 lb)
- Powerplant: 2× Shvetsov M-11E, 86 kW (115 hp) each
[edit] Performance
- Maximum speed: 157 km/h (98 mph)
- Range: 1,000 km (623 miles)
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
- Rate of climb: 72 m/min (236 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 53 kg/m² (11 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.05 kW/kg (0.03 hp/lb)
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