- Development
- Specifications
- References
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The Letov Š-50 was a 1930s prototype Czechoslovakian military general-purpose monoplane, designed and built by Letov.[1] DevelopmentThe Š-50 was an all-metal twin-engined low mid-wing monoplane that first flew in 1938.[1] It was powered by two 420 hp (313 kW) Avia Rk.17 radial engines.[1] It had a fixed landing gear and twin fins and rudders. Following the German occupation, development was stopped.[1] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Les Ailes, 1 December 1938[2]
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|crew=three: observer/radio operator/bombaimer/nose gunner, pilot and dorsal gunner
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|length m=12.60
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|span m=17.30
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|height m=3.80
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|wing area sqm=43
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|empty weight kg=2475
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|gross weight kg=4093
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|gross weight note= in bomber configuration
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|fuel capacity={{convert|920|l|Impgal USgal|abbr=on}}
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|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Avia Rk.17
|eng1 type= nine-cylinder radial piston engine
|eng1 hp=420
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Hamilton Standard metal, constant speed
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|max speed kmh=305
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|cruise speed kmh=270
|cruise speed note=at {{convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|range km=1200
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|range note=at crise spee, bomber configuration
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|ceiling m=7200
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|ceiling note=practical
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|time to altitude=7.5 min to {{convert|3000|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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- Take-off and landing distances: {{convert|140|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|armament=- 1 × fixed ZB vz.30
- 2 × flexible ZB vz.30
- up to 600 kg bombs
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}}References{{commons category|Letov aircraft}}- Notes
1. ^1 2 3 Orbis 1985, p. 2316
2. ^ Les Ailes December 1938
- Bibliography
{{refbegin}}- {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages=}}
{{refend}}- {{cite journal |last=Frachet |first=André |date=1 December 1938 |title=Le triplace d'observation Letov "S-20"|journal=Les Ailes|issue=911 |pages=13|url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k65559169/f13}}
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