Pilatus P-3
The Pilatus P-3 was a military training aircraft built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. The plane was designed for primary and advanced training (including night flying, aerobatics and instrument flying). The military version was designated P-3-03. It was of all-metal construction with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and tandem seating. There was provision for underwing racks for light practice bombs or rockets and a machine gun in a pod below the port wing.
The first prototype was built in 1953 and flew on September 3 the same year.
The Swiss Air Force received 72 examples of this aircraft while the Brazilian Navy acquired 6. The Swiss Air Force used the P-3 as a training aircraft until 1983, although it continued to be used as a liaison aircraft for another decade. In 1993-1995 65 ex-Swiss Air Force aircraft were sold to a private market.[1]
Operators
- Brazil
- Switzerland
Specifications (Pilatus P-3-03)
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General characteristics
- Crew: two, student and instructor
- Length: 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.05 m (10 ft)
- Wing area: 16.55 m² (177.6 ft²)
- Empty: 1,090 kg (2,400 lb)
- Loaded: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb)
- Maximum takeoff: 1,530 kg (3,374 lb)
- Powerplant: 1x Lycoming GO-435-C2-A2, 6 cylinder horizontally opposed, 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 310 km/h (194 mph)
- Economical cruising speed: 255 km/h (155 mph)
- Minimum speed: 100 km/h (62 mph)
- Range: 650 km (400 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,040 ft)
- Rate of climb: 7.0 m/s (1,380 ft/min) at sea level
- Wing loading: 90.6 kg/m² (18.5 lb/ft²)
- Power/Mass: 0.12 kW/kg (0.072 hp/lb)
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
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