Letov Š-6

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. The Š-6 enjoyed a long career in Czechoslovak 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, Flight: Goethenburg International Aero Exhibition Aero A.10General 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