Russian aircraft

Sokol

[cunning_fish]

There is no wood in An-2. It is almost all-metal craft (a wing and stabilizers are partially composite, covered with laminated synthetic cloth).

[PeterPrinciple]

the an-2e with ground effect wings and diesel engine would be a good literary tool for you?

[cunning_fish]

>>>Every engineering decision is a balance between conflicting needs.

The high engine is more difficult to service, but needs less servicing because it isn’t ingesting as much runway crap.<<<

Sure, it is. It fact I don’t think it is a good aircraft. Turboprops are more efficient as a medium transport. An-74 is not both that much more STOL and faster to justify costs.

[pabianice]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polikarpov_Po-2

[IYAS9YAS]

There is no wood in An-2. It is almost all-metal craft (a wing and stabilizers are partially composite, covered with laminated synthetic cloth).

Yeah, bad memory. I looked it up. The Norks used a wooden propeller and cloth on the wings.

The ROKs were mostly concerned because they could fly lower than the radar could scan.

[Sokol]

Thanks Doug. You are probably right. Had I been thinking in 1992, I would have just taken a photo...

[spokeshave]

and

[OldNewYork]

Wants one.

[SgtBilko]

The smalles russian commercial jet i know is the an-74. It's designed to operate on ice runways. Thus it has it's engines above the wing to avoid a compressor stall due icing of the fan blades.

[cunning_fish]

In fact if you are looking for the smallest Soviet jet it is the Yak-40.