New product by Maxford USA team in the year 2021. 102" An-2 (Antonov), the aircraft was fully tested and upgraded
Winspan: 2595 mm /102"
Length of the fuselage: 1790 mm/ 70.4"
Empty weight: 7.5kg
RTF weight: 9.5kg
Engine: 30-60cc Petrol engine (For full size aircraft, it was powered by 9 cy radial engine, may consider UMS 55 or 75cc. Cowling size attached
Radio: 5-7 Channels 8-9 Servos (12-20kg Torque)
History:
The Antonov An-2 first flew in 1947, as the Soviet Union was rebuilding after the tumult of World War II. Even on its maiden flight it looked archaic; aviation technology had already joined the jet age. But the An-2 was an incredibly sound design - built in the thousands, exported all across the globe, and still serving nearly 70 years after decades of production. And the plane has one very special attribute - aside from its remarkably short take-off and landing - that should be physically impossible. It can, essentially, fly backwards.
The An-2 was designed to fulfil a role needed by the Soviet Forest Ministry, both as a crop duster and for utility transport. Its designer, Oleg Antonov, created a large, single-engine biplane, with an enclosed cockpit and room for up to 12 passengers or just over a tonne of cargo. The An-2 would have to operate from rough airfields - not just unpaved, grass airstrips, but dirt roads and forest clearings in the middle of Russia's sparsely settled wilderness. This called for a simple, tough aircraft that would be able to take off and land in very short spaces - an aircraft much easier to maintain than more mechanically complex helicopters.
General characteristics
- Crew: 1-2
- Capacity: 12 passengers / 2,140 kg (4,718 lb)
- Length: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
- Upper wingspan: 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
- Lower wingspan: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
- Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 71.52 m2 (769.8 sq ft)
- Airfoil: TsAGI R-11 (14%)[38]
- Empty weight: 3,300 kg (7,275 lb)
- Gross weight: 5,440 kg (11,993 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 1,200 l (320 US gal; 260 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov ASh-62IR 9-cylinder air-cooled supercharged radial piston engine, 750 kW (1,010 hp)
- Propellers: 4-bladed constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 258 km/h (160 mph, 139 kn)
- Cruise speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
- Stall speed: 50 km/h (31 mph, 27 kn) circa
- Range: 845 km (525 mi, 456 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)
- Power/mass: 0.136 kW/kg (0.083 hp/lb)
- Fuel consumption: 185-200 l/h (49-53 gal/h; 41-44 imp gal/h)
(Information reference: Wikipedia.com with thanks)
