Letov Š-16

Letov Š-16

Letov Š-116
Role	Bomber Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Letov Kbely
Designer	Šmolík
First flight	1926
Primary user	Czechoslovakian Air Force
Number built	89

The Letov Š-16 was a Czechoslovak single-engined, two-seat biplane bomber. It was designed by Alois Šmolík at Letov Kbely. The Š-16 first flew in 1926.^[1]

Variants

Š-16: Two-seat bomber, reconnaissance biplane.
Š-16J: Seaplane version for Yugoslavia. One built.
Š-16L: Export version for Latvia.
Š-16T: Export version for Turkey.
Š-116: version with Skoda L engine
Š-216: version with Walter-built Bristol Jupiter engine
Š-316: version with Hispano-Suiza 12N engine
Š-416: version with Breitfeld-Danek BD-500 engine
Š-516: version with Isotta-Fraschini Asso 750 engine
Š-616: version with Hispano-Suiza 12Nbr engine
Š-716: version with Skoda L engine
Š-816: version with Praga ESV engine
Š-916: version with Lorraine-Dietrich engine
Š-17: third prototype Š-16 with a V-12 Breitfeld-Danek (Praga) BD-500 engine^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Operators

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakian Air Force (115 aircraft)

Latvia

Aviation Regiment (21 aircraft)

Turkey

Turkish Air Force (16 aircraft)

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Royal Navy (one aircraft)

Specifications (Š-316)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 10.22 m (33 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Height: 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 46.4 m² (499 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
Gross weight: 2,450 kg (5,401 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12N V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 340 kW (450 hp)

Performancemaximum

228 km/h (142 mph; 123 kn) at 1,800 m (5,900 ft)

Stall speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 3 m/s (590 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 23 minutes 30 seconds
Wing loading: 52.7 kg/m² (10.8 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.138 kW/kg (0.084 hp/lb)

Armament

Guns: 1x fixed, forward-firing, 7.7 mm (0.303 in) ZB vz.09 machine-gun in the forward fuselage; 2x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis guns on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

References

^ Taylor, John W. R.; Alexander, Jean; et al. (1969). Combat aircraft of the world. London: Ebury P.; Michael Joseph. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-71810-564-8.
^ "Letov Designations". 26 October 2006.
^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 78c.

Bibliography

Krumbach, Jan (1983). "Monografie: Letov Š-16: Čast I". Letectví a Kosmonautika (in Czech). Vol. 59, no. 12. pp. 472–474.
Krumbach, Jan (1983). "Monografie: Letov Š-16: Čast II". Letectví a Kosmonautika (in Czech). Vol. 59, no. 13. pp. 512–514.
Krumbach, Jan (1983). "Monografie: Letov Š-16: Čast III". Letectví a Kosmonautika (in Czech). Vol. 59, no. 14. pp. 552–554.
Passingham, Malcolm (February 1997). "Le Letov S-16 (première partie)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French). No. 47. pp. 19–27. ISSN 1243-8650.
Passingham, Malcolm (February 1997). "Le Letov S-16 (deuxième partie)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French). No. 47. pp. 31–35. ISSN 1243-8650.
Passingham, Malcolm (April 1997). "Le Letov S-16 (3ème et dernière partie)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French). No. 49. pp. 14–16. ISSN 1243-8650.

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