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The Antonov An-3 is a Ukrainian agricultural aircraft designed during the Soviet Union era. It is essentially an turboprop-powered development of the An-2 designed to replace the WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor on Soviet farms. The first example flew as early as May 13 1980, but because of a lack of official interest in the project, work proceeded very slowly - flight testing was not complete until 1991.
The project was revitalised in the late 1990s when it was taken over by Polyot State Aerospace Enterprise, and a marketing campaign began in earnest in 2000, although sales have been limited. It is available in two forms, the basic agricultural aircraft (An-3SKh - "Selsko-Khosiajstwennij", Agricultural) and a civil transport version (An-3T) able to carry 12 passengers or 1,800 kg (3,960 lb) of cargo.
Specifications
General Characteristics (An-3SKh)
- Crew: 2-3
- Capacity: 2,200 l (541 US gallons) of chemicals
- Length: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 18.20 m (59 ft 8 in)
- Height: m ( ft in)
- Wing area: 71.6 m² (770 ft²)
- Empty: 3,200 kg (7,040 lb)
- Loaded: 5,800 kg (12,760 kg)
- Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
- Powerplant: 1x Glushenkov TVD-20M turboprop, 1,066 kW (1,430 shp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 260 km/h (163 mph)
- Range: km ( miles)
- Service ceiling: m ( ft)
- Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
- Wing loading: 81 kg/m² (16.5 lb/ft²)
- Power/Mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)
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Related development:
An-2 -
An-3 -
An-4 -
An-6
Comparable aircraft:
Designation sequence:
An-2 -
An-3 -
An-4 -
An-6 -
An-8
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