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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]

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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

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.

See also

Related lists

• List of Interwar military aircraft

References

Bibliography

• Passingham, Malcolm (February 1997). "Le Letov S-16 (première partie)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (47): 19–27. ISSN 1243-8650.
• Passingham, Malcolm (April 1997). "Le Letov S-16 (3ème et dernière partie)". Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (49): 14–16. ISSN 1243-8650.

На других языках

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[de] Letov Š-16

Bei dem tschechischen Flugzeug Letov Š-16 handelt es sich um einen einmotorigen zweisitzigen Doppeldecker, der als leichter Bomber entwickelt wurde. Die Auslegung dieses Typs beruht auf Erfahrungen, die mit der Letov Š-6 gesammelt wurden.

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- [en] Letov Š-16

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