Letov Š-6
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The Letov Š-6 was a bomber aircraft produced in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s. Derived from the Š-2, it was a biplane of conventional design. The wing cellule was an all-new design with a thicker profile, and while it had been intended to build them with a metal structure, wood was used instead due to shortages. Performance during testing was so promising that in 1924 an Š-6 was used to set a new altitude record with a 500 kg payload, and (on another occasion) a national endurance record of 10 h 32 min.
The Š-6 enjoyed a long career in Czechoslovakian service, remaining in use until 1934. One example was given a civil registration (L-BORA) and evaluated as an airliner for the Prague-Gothenburg route, but nothing came of this.
Specifications
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|ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924,{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1924 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London|pages=86b–87b}} Flight: Goethenburg International Aero Exhibition Aero A.10{{cite magazine |author=The Technical Editor |title=Gothenburg International Aero Exhibition |magazine=Flight |date=August 23, 1923 |pages=508–511 |volume=XV |issue=765 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1923/1923%20-%200508.html}}
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|crew=2
|length m=8.85
|span m=15.75
|height m=3.57
|wing area sqm=43
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|airfoil=Jonkeroski (sic)
|empty weight kg=1152
|gross weight kg=1848
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Maybach Mb.IVa
|eng1 type=6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine
|eng1 hp=260
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch propeller
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|max speed kmh=180
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|range km=1200
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|ceiling m=6250
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|climb rate ms=2.6
|time to altitude={{cvt|2000|m}} in 14 minutes
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See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=573 }}
- {{cite book |last= Němeček |first= Václav |title=Československá letadla |year=1968 |publisher=Naše Vojsko |location=Prague }}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
- {{In lang|cs}} [http://www.vinar.cz/mitte/s6.htm Letov Š-6]
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Category:1920s Czechoslovak bomber aircraft