Su-38
General information
Type	Agricultural aircraft
Manufacturer	KnAAPO,NAPO,Smolensk Aviation Plant
Designer	Sukhoi design bureau
Status	Under development
Number built	1
History
First flight	27 July 2001

TheSukhoi Su-38 (Russian:Сухой Су-38) is a Russian agricultural aircraft, the first aircraft of this type to be designed and built by theSukhoi Design Bureau civil aircraft section (Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (CJSC)).

Design originally began in 1993 as a development of theSukhoi Su-29 aerobatic aircraft.^[1][2] Development was suspended due to economic problems, and when restarted in 1998, the aircraft was redesigned, reducing the aircraft's size and replacing the originally plannedM-14 radial engine with aLOM Praha 337S inline engine.^[1][3] The first prototype made its maiden flight on 27 July 2001, with a second flying by June 2002.^[1]

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2005–2006^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 500 L (132.1 US gal; 110.0 imp gal) chemical hopper
• Length: 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 11.53 m (37 ft 10 in)
• Height: 2.655 m (8 ft 9 in)
• Airfoil:TsAGI P-31Y (16%)^[4]
• Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 210 L (55 US gal; 46 imp gal) in two wing tanks
• Powerplant: 1 ×LOM Praha M337S 6-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 184 kW (247 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed LOM B-546 ground-adjustable propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 150–180 km/h (93–112 mph, 81–97 kn) operating speed
• Stall speed: 76 km/h (47 mph, 41 kn)
• Ferry range: 1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi) without spraybars

900 km (559 mi; 486 nmi) with spraybars fitted

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave

• Karnozov, Vladimir and Stewart Penny. "Su-38 Sukhoi readies Su-38 for first flight".Flight International, 3–9 July 2001, p. 24.

• Jackson, Paul, ed. (2003).Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04 (94th ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. pp. 419–420.ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.with

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