EKW C-35
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| Type | Reconnaissance and ground-attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer | K+W |
| Maiden flight | 1930s |
| Introduced | 1936 |
| Retired | 1054 |
| Primary user | Swiss Air Force |
| Number built | 49 |
The EKW C-35 was a 1930s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenössische Konstruktions Werkstätte, K+W), Thun.
[edit] Development
Two aircraft were designed by the Eidgenössische Konstruktions Werkstätte to replace the Fokker C.Ve which the Swiss Air Force were using. The two projects were the EKW C-35 biplane and the EKW C-36 monoplane. After evaluation the air force ordered 40 C-35s in 1936. The C-35 was a two-seat biplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and conventional tail unit. The aircraft was powered by a licence-built Hispano-Suiza HS-77 inverted V-12 piston engine.
[edit] Operational history
The first aircraft was delivered to the Swiss Air Force in May 1937, and all had been delivered by the end of 1938. To supplement the aircraft in-service a further eight aircraft were built between 1941 and 1942 from spares. The aircraft were removed from front-line service in 1943 when replaced by the F&W C-3603 and transferred to night-flying units. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in 1954.
[edit] Specifications (C-35)
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1593
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 9.54 m (31 ft 3½ in)
- Wingspan: 13.08 m (42 ft 11 in)
- Height: 3.75 m (12 ft 3½ in)
- Wing area: 32 m² (344.46 ft²)
- Empty weight: 2190 kg (4828 lb)
- Gross weight: 3130 kg (6900 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza HS-77 piston engine (licence built), 642 kW (860 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph)
- Range: 750 km (466 miles)
- Service ceiling: 8000 m (26,247 ft)
- Rate of climb: 11.51 m/s (2265 ft/min)
Armament
- 1 x 20-mm cannon (forward firing through propeller hub)
- 2 x fixed forward firing 7.5 mm (0.295in) machine-guns in wings
- 1 x flexible 7.5 mm (0.295in) machine-gun in rear-cockpit
- 22lb (22kg) of bombs on underwing racks
[edit] References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1593
[edit] See also
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