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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.

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Š-6
Letov Š-6 (1923)
Role	Bomber Type of aircraft
National origin	Czechoslovakia
Manufacturer	Letov
First flight	1923
Primary user	Czechoslovak Air Force
Number built	35

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

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1924,[1] Flight: Goethenburg International Aero Exhibition Aero A.10[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 15.75 m (51 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.57 m (11 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 43 m² (460 sq ft)
• Airfoil: Jonkeroski (sic)
• Empty weight: 1,152 kg (2,540 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,848 kg (4,074 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IVa 6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
• Range: 1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,250 m (20,510 ft)
• Rate of climb: 2.6 m/s (510 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 14 minutes

See also

Related development

• Letov Š-19

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Aero A.11
• Aero A.12
• Macchi M.15

Related lists

• List of Interwar military aircraft

References

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 573.
• Němeček, Václav (1968). Československá letadla. Prague: Naše Vojsko.

External links

• (in Czech) Letov Š-6

На других языках

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[de] Letov Š-6

Bei dem Flugzeug Letov Š-6 handelt es sich um einen einmotorigen zweisitzigen Doppeldecker, der von der tschechischen Firma Letov als Bomber entwickelt wurde. Der Erstflug der Maschine fand im Jahre 1923 statt. Die Konstruktion führte Alois Šmolík aus. Das Fahrwerk war starr und verfügte über einen Hecksporn. Die Tragflächen waren verspannt und mit N-Stielen verstrebt.

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- [en] Letov Š-6

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