Moskalyev SAM-5

Moskalyev SAM-5
Role Transport and air ambulance monoplane
National origin Soviet Union
Manufacturer GAZ-18, Voronezh
Designer Aleksandr Moskalyev
First flight 1930s
Number built 40

The Moskalyev SAM-5 was a 1930s Soviet transport or air ambulance monoplane designed by Aleksandr Moskalyev.[1] The type served in small numbers in the Second World War as an air ambulance.[1]

Development and design

The SAM-5 was a cantilever high-wing monoplane with fixed conventional landing gear and an enclosed cabin for a pilot and four passengers.[1] The first prototype was built using stressed-skin light alloy construction but it had problems with the quality of workmanship in what was an unfamiliar material.[1] The second-prototype SAM-5bis was built using plywood and fabric and had wing bracing and a more slender fuselage.[1] After testing 37 production aircraft were built and they were delivered from 1937 as air ambulances with room for three patients and an attendant.[1]

Moskalyev then worked on an improved variant, the SAM-5-2bis, tested with a 200 hp (149 kW) engine; the aircraft established distance and height records.[1] An order was placed for 200 of the improved variant, again for use as an air ambulance but they were never built.[1] This last SAM-5 variant led to four, differently numbered, developments.

SAM-5-2bis developments

SAM-10
Low wing, 200–200 kW (270–270 hp) inline, 5/6 seater.
SAM-11
High wing, 200–200 kW (270–270 hp) inline, 4 seat amphibian.
SAM-14
High wing, 113 kW (152 hp) inline, 6 seat version.
SAM-25
High wing, 145–165 kW (194–221 hp) radial, military assault/ transport.

Specifications (SAM-5bis)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 patients and one attendant
  • Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in) approx
  • Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 24.00 m2 (258.3 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: RII
  • Empty weight: 710 kg (1,565 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,219 kg (2,687 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-11 five-cylinder radial piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 173 km/h (107 mph, 93 kn)
  • Range: 900 km (560 mi, 490 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 2,800 m (9,200 ft)

See also

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Orbis 1985, p. 2560

Bibliography

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.