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[Venator77]

I was quite surprised this aircraft hasn't been requested yet and I thought it would make a good franken plane at least. Now to the details:







History (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikarus_S-49)

The Ikarus S-49 was a Yugoslav single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft built for the Yugoslav Air Force (Serbo-Croatian: Ratno vazduhoplovstvo i protivvazdušna obrana – RV i PVO) shortly after World War II. Following the Tito–Stalin Split in 1948, the RV i PVO was left with an aircraft inventory consisting of mostly Soviet aircraft. Unable to acquire new aircraft or spare parts for its existing fleet, the RV i PVO turned to its domestic aviation industry in order to create an indigenous design to fulfill the need for additional aircraft.

The result was the S-49A, designed by Kosta Sivčev, Svetozar Popović and Slobodan Zrnić, on the basis of the pre-war Rogožarski IK-3. The S-49A was surpassed by the improved S-49C, featuring an all-metal construction and a more powerful engine. A total of 45 S-49A and 113 S-49C were produced by the Ikarus Aircraft Factory in Zemun. The last aircraft were retired from RV i PVO service in 1960/61, having been replaced by more modern jet-powered aircraft.

Variants:

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    S-49A - mixed construction and Klimov M-105 engine (45 built)
    S-49B - planned version powered by a Daimler-Benz engine; unbuilt.
    S-49C - all-metal construction and Hispano-Suiza 12Z engine (113 built)
Specifications (S-49C):

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General characteristics

    Crew: one pilot
    Length: 9.06 m (29 ft 83in)
    Wingspan: 10.30 m (33 ft 91 in)
    Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
    Wing area: 16.65 m2 (179 ft2)
    Empty weight: 2,818 kg [3] (6,200 lb)
    Max. takeoff weight: 3,568 kg[3] (7,850 lb)
    Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17 water cooled V-12, 1,104 kW (1,500 hp)

Performance

    Maximum speed: 628 km/h (339 knots, 390 mph) at 1,525 m (5,000 ft)
    Range: 690 km (373 nm, 429 mi)
    Service ceiling: 10,000 m (33,000 ft)
    Climb to 6,000 m (19,700 ft): 6 min 54 sec [4]

Armament

    1 × 20 mm MG-151/20 cannon in propeller hub
    2 × 12.7mm Browning M2 machine guns with 650 rounds per gun in upper cowling
    2 × 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 4 × 5 in HVAR missiles
Note all S-49s carried the same armament.

[dsawan]

me likes

more info

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikarus_S-49

[Mr.Craig]

Impressive! I'd like to this one in the game as well