ICAR Comercial
| I.C.A.R. 36 Comercial | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Passenger aircraft |
| National origin | Germany & Romania |
| Manufacturer | Întreprinderea de Construcții Aeronautice Românești (ICAR) |
| Designer | Willy Messerschmitt |
| First flight | 1934 |
| Introduction | 1936 |
| Primary user | LARES |
| Number built | 1[1] |
The ICAR 36 / ICAR Comercial (sic), variously also known as the ICAR M 36, Messerschmitt M 36 or BFW M.36, was a Messerschmitt design built and tested by the Romanian company ICAR in the mid-1930s. It was a small, single-engine high-wing airliner, the first civil transport aircraft built in Romania.
Design & development
In April 1933,
Description
The ICAR 36 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction, with a closed cockpit, single engine, and fixed landing gear. It had a welded steel tube fuselage, covered with plywood, and tapered single-spar, plywood-covered wings. The crew of two sat in the cockpit, forward of the wing, which was equipped with a radio and could be fitted with twin controls. The cabin for six passengers, with wide rectangular windows and access doors at the rear, was aft and below the cockpit / wings. There were also two baggage compartments.[2]
One aircraft (YR-ACS) was built, later modified with a cabin for five passengers and two luggage compartments. Initially intended to be powered by a licence-built 340 kW (450 hp)
A tri-motor development was planned, but not realized.
Operational history
Only one aircraft was built, operated by
Operators
Specifications (I.C.A.R. 36 Comercial)
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Capacity: six / 960 kg (2,120 lb) payload
- Length: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 155 m2 (1,670 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,320 kg (2,910 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Serval I10-cyl. double-row air-cooled radial piston engine, 250 kW (340 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn)
- Cruise speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
- Stall speed: 89 km/h (55 mph, 48 kn)
- Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
See also
Related development
- Messerschmitt M.18
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ^ a b Bernád, Dénes. "Rumania's Aircraft Production. The First Twenty-Five Years". Aviatia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ ISBN 0-7110-0224-X.
Further reading
- Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905 – 1974. Brasov.
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