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The Pilatus P-3 was a military training aircraft built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.
| P-3 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Role | Trainer aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Pilatus Aircraft |
| First flight | 3 September 1953 |
| Introduction | 1956 |
| Status | in use in private hands |
| Primary users | Swiss Air Force Brazilian Navy |
| Number built | 79 |
| Developed into | Pilatus PC-7 |
Design and development
The Pilatus P-3 was designed for primary and advanced training (including night flying, aerobatics and instrument flying). The military version was designated P-3-03. It was of all-metal construction with a retractable tricycle undercarriage and tandem seating. There was provision for underwing racks for light practice bombs or rockets and a machine gun in a pod below the port wing.
Operational history
The first prototype was built in 1953 and flew on 3 September, the same year.[1] The Swiss Air Force received 72 examples of this aircraft while the Brazilian Navy acquired six. The Swiss Air Force used the P-3 as a training aircraft until 1983, although it continued to be used as a liaison aircraft for another decade. In 1993–1995, 65 ex-Swiss Air Force aircraft were sold on the private market.[2]
Operators
Brazil
- Brazilian Navy
Switzerland
- Swiss Air Force
- P3 Flyers
The P-3 Flyers is an independent air display team based in Switzerland.[3][4] Formed in 1996. it currently operates five ex-Swiss Air Force P3 aircraft.[5][6]
Specifications (Pilatus P-3-03)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1958–59[7]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 16.55 m2 (178.1 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 6.55:1
- Airfoil: NACA 64A series
- Empty weight: 1,090 kg (2,403 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,415 kg (3,120 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,500 kg (3,307 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 160 l (42 US gal; 35 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GO-435-C2-A2 6-cylinder air-cooled four stroke horizontally opposed piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed Hartzell constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 310 km/h (190 mph, 170 kn) sea level to 2,000 m (6,562 ft) at 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) AUW
- Cruise speed: 252 km/h (157 mph, 136 kn) economical cruise
- 275 km/h (171 mph; 148 kn) maximum cruise
- Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 500 km/h (310 mph, 270 kn)
- Range: 750 km (470 mi, 400 nmi) maximum in still air
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
- Absolute ceiling: 5,100 m (16,732 ft)
- Rate of climb: 7 m/s (1,400 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 90.63 kg/m2 (18.56 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.12 kW/kg (0.073 hp/lb)
- Take-off distance to 15 m (49 ft): 342 m (1,122 ft) on hard runway at sea level
- Landing distance from 15 m (49 ft): 390 m (1,280 ft) on hard runway at sea level
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1956). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956-57. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. p. 223.
- " History: Pilatus P-3." Pilatus P-3 Retrieved: 9 November 2012.
- The P-3 is an all-metal aircraft with tricycle landing gear Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, pilatus-enthusiasts.com.au (retrieved 25 January 2015)
- Dai Pilatus P3 Trainers ai Pilatus P3 Flyers (pdf) (From Pilatus P3 trainers to Pilatus P3 flyers), retro.seals.ch (retrieved 25 January 2015)
- Vola con il Pilatus dei P3 Flyers - Acrobazia aerea Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine (Fly with the Pilatus P3 Flyers - Aerobatics), volarein.com (retrieved 25 January 2015)
- P3 Flyers, Aeroclub Parma (retrieved 25 January 2015)
- Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 247.
Bibliography
- Genève, Alain (January 1990). "50 ans d'aviation au pied du Mont Pilatus (2): Le Pilatus P-3" [50 Years of Aviation at the Foot of Mount Pilatus: The Pilatus P-3]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (242): 18–21. ISSN 0757-4169.
External links
- "Pilatus P-3". Pilatus P-3. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
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