| 词条 | Stroukoff Aircraft |
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| name = Stroukoff Aircraft Company | logo = | fate = Dissolved | successor = | foundation = 1954 | founder = Michael Stroukoff | defunct = 1959 | location_city = Trenton, New Jersey | location_country = United States of America | industry = Aircraft manufacture | products = YC-134 }} Stroukoff Aircraft was an American manufacturer of experimental military transport aircraft, established in 1954 by Michael Stroukoff. Successor to Chase Aircraft, the company specialised in developing advanced variants of the C-123 Provider; however, none of the company's designs attracted a production order, and the company folded in 1959. FoundingDuring the late 1940s, Russian émigré Michael Stroukoff designed the XG-20 for Chase Aircraft, the largest glider ever built in the United States.[1] Modified into the C-123 Provider,[1] the aircraft had won a contract for production from the United States Air Force, 49% of Chase being acquired by Kaiser-Frazier to produce the aircraft at the latter company's Willow Run facility.[3] However, a scandal involving Kaiser resulted in the C-123 contract being cancelled;[2] with Kaiser having bought out the remainder of Chase and dissolving the company,[3][3] Stroukoff acquired the company's facilities at the Trenton airport, and established his own company to continue development of the C-123 design.[3] YC-123D and EStroukoff's first advanced variant of the C-123 design was the YC-123D, modified from the XC-123A prototype - itself a modified XCG-20[4] - which had been the first jet transport to fly in the United States.[5] Flying in 1954, the YC-123D was fitted with the twin piston engines of the normal C-123 family, and was equipped with a boundary layer control (BLC) system.[1] The BLC diverted air from the engines to blow over the wing, increasing lift and reducing the aircraft's takeoff and landing distances.[6] The following year, Stroukoff modified a C-123B into the YC-123E, fitted with Stroukoff's own Pantobase landing gear system.[3] The Pantobase system allowed the aircraft to land on any reasonably flat surface - land, water, or snow[6] - and proved remarkably successful in testing.[7] YC-134Following its successful trials, the YC-123E was further developed into the YC-134.[3] Designated MS-8-1 by the company,[8] the YC-134 featured both boundary layer control and the Pantobase landing gear;[9] in addition, the aircraft was fitted with more powerful engines, tailplane endplates, additional wheels for the main landing gear, and an improved fuel system.[10] Intended for Arctic use,[11] the YC-134's test flight program proved successful.[8] However, its increase in performance over that of the C-123 was considered inadequate; in addition, there was simply no need for an additional piston-engined transport by that time, and the proposed production contract was cancelled.[3] With the failure to gain any contracts for production of its designs, Stroukoff dissolved the company in 1959.[12]{{#tag:ref| Stroukoff Aircraft was invited to tender a design for the U.S. Navy's patrol aircraft requirement that produced the Convair XP6Y, but declined to do so, presumably choosing to concentrate on its Avitruc designs.[13]|group=N}} References
1. ^Andrade 1979, p. 87. 2. ^Life July 6, 1953, p.22 3. ^"[https://books.google.com/books?id=zXkPAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Chase+Aircraft%22+Willys&dq=%22Chase+Aircraft%22+Willys&hl=en&ei=en38TOqgOML6lweMvqicBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAw Kaiser To Close Chase Plant In New Jersey]". American Aviation, Volume 17 (1953), p.15. 4. ^Gunston 1980 5. ^Rolfe and Dawydoff, 1978. 6. ^1 2 3 Sergievsky et al. 1998, p.128 7. ^The Aerospace year book, Volume 39 (1958), p.115. 8. ^1 The Aerospace year book, Volume 39 (1958), p.307. 9. ^Jane 1958, p.364. 10. ^"C-134 Pantobase" GlobalSecurity.org. Accessed 2010-12-06. 11. ^Air Force magazine, Volume 40 (1957), p.93. 12. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Pattillo 2000, pp.165-166. 13. ^U.S. Navy (1957). Aer-EV-2 424]. P6Y Design Competition. At alternatewars.com. Accessed 2011-01-18.
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