Sukhoi Su-26

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|image= File:VII Małopolski Piknik Lotniczy – Su-26, LY-AKG (cropped).jpg

|caption= A Sukhoi Su-26 in flight

|type= Aerobatic aircraft

|national_origin= Soviet Union

|manufacturer= Sukhoi

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|first_flight= June 1984

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File:Su26m stcatharines 1.jpg Wings and Wheels]]

The Sukhoi Su-26 is a single-seater aerobatic aircraft from the former Soviet Union, powered by a single radial reciprocating engine. The Su-26 has mid-mounted straight wings and fixed landing gear, the main gear mounted on a solid titanium arc.

The Su-26 made its first flight in June 1984, the original four having a two-bladed propeller. The production switched to the Su-26M, with refined tail surfaces and a German-made MTV-9 3-blade composite propeller. Further refinements were made, and the model won both the men's and women's team prizes at the 1986 World Aerobatics Championships. The modified Su-26M3 with the new M9F {{cvt|320|kW|hp}} engine dominated the 2003 and 2005 Aerobatic World Championships as well as the 2004 European Championships.

The Su-26 has fully metric instruments, except for the altimeter.[https://books.google.com/books?id=NWYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA130 Popular Mechanics, May 1995, page 131]

Specifications (Su-26)

File:Sukhoi Su-26.svg

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|ref=Su-26, 29, 31 Specifications{{cite web |title=Su-26, 29, 31 : Specifications |url=http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/civil/su-26/characteristic/ |website=Sukhoi |accessdate=18 September 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414172013/http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/civil/su-26/characteristic/ |archivedate=14 April 2006}}

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|crew=1

|length m=6.827

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|span m=7.8

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|height m=2.89

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|wing area sqm=11.83

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|airfoil=root: Symmetrical 18% ; tip: Symmetrical 12%{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |accessdate=16 April 2019}}

|empty weight kg=700

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|gross weight kg=790

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|max takeoff weight kg=962

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|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Vedeneyev M14P

|eng1 type=9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine

|eng1 kw=270

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|prop blade number=3

|prop name=constant-speed propeller

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|max speed kmh=450

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|cruise speed kmh=295

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|range km=800

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In popular culture

IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover is a combat flight simulation video game mainly set in the Battle of Britain in 1940. Nevertheless, when the game was still under development, the Sukhoi Su-26 had been promised as a bonus flyable aircraft for all players, but was not included in the game upon release in March 2011.C6 Hellcat and C6 Barda, "[http://www.checksix-fr.com/articles/Clodo/preclodo/preview.html IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, la préview. Bienvenue au mini test de la version "pré-béta" Euro de IL2 Cliffs of Dover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002002818/http://www.checksix-fr.com/articles/Clodo/preclodo/preview.html |date=2020-10-02 }}", Checksix, 2 April 2011 (in French). It was finally included as downloadable content with the adjunction of the Steam patch 1.11.20362 on 19 October 2012."[https://www.bluesnews.com/s/136115/il-2-sturmovik-cliffs-of-dover-patch IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Patch]", Blue's News, 19 October 2012.Donster, "[https://www.combatsim.com/story.php?id=16769 IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Patch 1.11.20362 Released]", combatsim.com, 19 October 2012.