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Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 5:39pm

Army Cooperation Aircraft

- Fieseler Fi 156 army cooperation
- Kaproni-Balgarski KB-11 Fazan

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Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 5:40pm

Fieseler Fi 156
Two-seat artillery spotter, liaison, and training aircraft.

Specifications:
Length: 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 14.3 m (46 ft 9 in)
Height:: 3.1 m (10 ft 0 in)
Wing Area: 26 m² (280 ft²)
Weight: 860 kg (1,900 lb) empty; 1,260 kg (2,780 lb) loaded
Engine: 1× Argus As 10 air-cooled inverted V8 engine, 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance:
Max Speed: 175 km/h (109 mph) at 300 m (1,000 ft)
Combat radius: 380 km (210 knots, 240 mi)
Operational Ceiling: 5,200 m (17,060 ft)
Rate of Climb: Rate of climb: 4.8 m/s (945 ft/min)

Armament:
- 1 × MG 15 machine gun (not all aircraft)

Notes:
Most aircraft assigned to ARGK

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Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 12:04am



Kaproni-Balgarski KB-11 Fazan
Single-engine high-wing observation plane. It is replacing older biplanes in front-line observation squadrons. Designed and built with French assistance.

Specifications
Crew: 2 (pilot, observer-gunner)
Length: 33 ft (10.06 m)
Wingspan: 43.6 ft (13.3 m)
Height: 13.8 ft (4.2 m)
Wing area: ft² (25.2 m²)
Empty weight: 5,092.7 lb (2310 kg)
Normal weight: 6,305 lb (2860 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 6,966.6 lb (3160 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × nine-cylinder type PZL Pegasus XXI radial, 835 hp, wooden three-bladed fixed 3.5m-diameter propeller

Performance
Maximum speed: 170.9mph / 275 kph @ sea level, 205mph / 330 kph @ 3000m
Range: 385 mi (620 km)
Fuel Capacity: Two 460 liter tanks with 87 octane gasoline
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,096 m)
Climb: 6 minutes to 3,000m

Equipment
Photographic equipment: Lešner F18/24, F25 or F50VM cameras
Radio equipment:
- Transmitter: Telefunken Sp-2441F
- Receiver: Telefunken Sp-477 A-37

Armament
- 2 × 7.92 mm Zbrojovka M-30 with 600 rounds in the nose of the aircraft,
- 2 × 7.92 mm Zbrojovka M-30 with 525 rounds per drum
- 2 × 100kg bombs, 4x50kg bombs, or 6x25kg bombs (six mounting points)