KB SAT SR-10

SR-10
First prototype of SR-10 during the flight
Role Training aircraft
National origin Russia
Manufacturer KB SAT, Aviaaggregat, Smolensk SmAZ, KTRV
Designer KB SAT[1]
First flight 25 December 2015
Number built 1

The KB SAT SR-10 is a prototype Russian single-engine jet trainer aircraft, fitted with forward-swept wings. It first flew in 2015 and is being offered to the Russian Air Force and for export.

Design and development

An SR-10 in flight

The Russian design bureau KB SAT[1] (Sovremyenne Aviatsyonne Tekhnologii – Modern Aircraft Technologies) began work on a single-engine jet trainer and sport aircraft, the SR-10, in 2007, displaying a mockup at the MAKS airshow at Zhukovsky in August 2009. The SR-10 is a mid-wing monoplane of all-composite construction, with a wing swept forward at an angle of 10 degrees. The crew of two sit in a tandem cockpit. It is powered by a single turbofan, with an Ivchenko AI-25V AI25TSR (modification of AI25TL) fitted in the prototype, but more modern Russian engines, such as the NPO Saturn AL-55 were proposed for production aircraft.[2]

The SR-10 was offered to meet a 2014 requirement for a basic trainer for the Russian Air force, but was rejected in favour of the Yakovlev Yak-152, a piston-engined trainer. Despite this setback, KB SAT continued to develop the SR-10, proposing it as an intermediate trainer between the Yak-152 and the Yak-130 advanced jet trainer and for export. The first prototype SR-10 made its maiden flight on 25 December 2015.[2]

In July 2017, KB SAT announced that it had developed an unmanned variant of the aircraft named the AR-10 Argument.[3][4]

In September 2018, according to media reports, the Russian government failed to allocate funds to start production of SR-10 for the Russian Air Force and as a result KB SAT suspended all work on the project.[5]

On September 19, 2020, SR-10 took part in the "Russian Aviation Race", held at the Oreshkovo airfield (Kaluga oblast)[6]

Specifications (SR-10)

Data from Russia's New Jet Trainer[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 9.59 m (31 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.55 m (11 ft 8 in)
  • Gross weight: 2,400 kg (5,291 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,700 kg (5,952 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Ivchenko AI-25V turbofan, 16.87 kN (3,790 lbf) thrust

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 900 km/h (560 mph, 490 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 520 km/h (320 mph, 280 kn)
  • Range: 1,500 km (930 mi, 810 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
  • g limits: +10/−8
  • Rate of climb: 60 m/s (12,000 ft/min)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ^ a b "Home". kb-sat.ru.
  2. ^ a b c Butowski 2016, p. 15.
  3. ^ "Russia Develops UAV Based on SR-10 Trainer". UAS Vision. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ Novinchkov, Nikolai (26 July 2017). "SAT develops SR-10-based UAV concept". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Source: Works on New Training Airplane SR-10 Suspended". MIL.TODAY. 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Jet aircraft race was held near Kaluga (In Russian)". Inter Right. 21 September 2020.
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