Ikarus IO

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IO
Type	Reconnaissance flying boat
National origin	Yugoslavia
Manufacturer	Ikarus
Designed by	Josif Mikl
Maiden flight	September 1926
Primary user	Yugoslav Navy
Number built	38

The Ikarus IO (for Izvidjac Obalni, "Coastal Reconnaissance") was a biplane flying boat produced in Yugoslavia in the late 1920s. It was a conventional flying boat design for its day, featuring a large single-bay wing cellule, the staggered wings of slightly uneven span braced with N-struts. The pilot and observer sat side-by-side in an open cockpit, and a gunner sat in an open position ahead of them, on the bow. The pusher engine and frontal radiator were carried on struts in the interplane gap.

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: Three
• Powerplant: 1 × Liberty L-12, 300 kW (400 hp)

Armament

• 1 × trainable machine gun in open bow position
• 250 kg (550 lb) of bombs

[edit] References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 528. 

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