Anatra DS Anasal
Anasal | |
---|---|
Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Anatra |
Designer | Elysée Alfred Descamps |
First flight | 16 July 1916[1] |
Number built | some 184[2] |
Variants | Anatra Anadis |
The Anatra DS or Anasal was a two-seat
The main difference from the previous model was the replacement of a 100 hp
The plane, named Anasal (short for Anatra Salmson) was first flown on 7 August 1916[2] (25 July 1916 old style). The first orders came only in 1917, and before the Soviet revolution in November 1917 some 60 to 70 had been manufactured, many others being in different stages of completion.[2] Many details differed between individual aircraft.
In March 1918 Odessa was occupied by Austro-Hungarian forces, in accordance with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and in May the Austrian government ordered 200 Anasals, as the Anatra C.I, for training and observation. 114 were received by the Austrians by September 1918, some half being given to training units before the end of World War I.[2] In October, the remainder of the order was cancelled.
The major postwar user of the Anasal was Czechoslovakia, with 23 former Austrian aircraft, used by the military, and later in civilian aviation.
A more advanced model was the Anatra DSS, with 160 hp Salmson engine, but few were made.[2]
Variants
- DS - two-seat reconnaissance aircraft
- DSS - a small number of aircraft with a more powerful 160 hp Salmson radial engine for slightly higher speed
- Anatra Anadis - fighter aircraft based on the Anasal design
Operators
- Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
- Czechoslovak Air Force Postwar, 23 aircraft.
- Polish Air Force Postwar, five aircraft in 1919-1920 (further four not assembled)[2]
- Imperial Russian Air Service
- White Movement(1917–1923)
- Soviet Air Force
Specifications
Data from From Gunston(1985) p.1[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: two, pilot and observer
- Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 11.40 m (37 ft 5 in)
- Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) [citation needed]
- Wing area: 37.0 m2 (398 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 814 kg (1,795 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,164 kg (2,566 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9Rradial , 112 kW (150 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 144 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours 30 minutes
- Service ceiling: 4,300 m (14,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.0 m/s (600 ft/min) [citation needed]
Armament
- 1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.7 mm (.303) Vickers machine gun (Des Camps synchronizer)
- 1 × 7.7 mm (.303) Lewis machine gunfor observer
- up to 50 kg bombs
References
- Pictures, drawings and description (in Russian) at Ugolok Neba site
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- Russian Aviation Museum Archived 2006-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
- avia.ru
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