IAR 80 ( rum. IAR 80 ) - Romanian fighter , fighter-bomber during the Second World War . The first serial fighter of the Romanian design. It was an all - metal monoplane with a closed cockpit and retractable landing gear with a tail wheel. Designed under the direction of Ion Grosu at the IAR Design Bureau. The first flight of IAR 80 took place on April 12, 1939 . In the design of the aircraft, part of the components and assemblies of the Polish fighter PZL P.24 , built on the IAR under license, was used.
| IAR 80 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | fighter, bomber fighter |
| Developer | Iar |
| Manufacturer | Iar |
| Chief Designer | Ion Grosso |
| The first flight | April 12, 1939 |
| Start of operation | February 1941 |
| End of operation | 1952 year |
| Status | decommissioned |
| Operators |  Royal Romanian Air Force |
| Years of production | March 1940 - December 1943 |
| Units produced | 461 |
| Base model | PZL P.24 |
Performance Specifications
The scheme of the aircraft.
Data Source: IAR 80/81 [1] [2]
- Specifications
- Crew : 1 pilot
- Length : 8.97 m
- Height : 3,535 m
- Wing area: 17 m²
- Empty weight: 2200 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 2980 kg
- The mass of fuel in internal tanks: 463 kg
- Powerplant : 1 × air-cooled IAR K14 licensed version of the Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major 14K, Romanian-made.
- Engine power: 1 × 1025 l. from. (1 × 764 kW)
- Propeller : three-blade
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum speed:
- at altitude: 560 km / h at 7000 m
- Practical range: 730 km at 7860 m
- Practical ceiling : 10,000 m
- Wing load: 132.35 kg / m²
- Armament
- Rifle Cannon:
- 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20
- 4 × 7.92 mm FN
- Bombs : 1 × 225 kg
Notes
Literature
- Kharuk A.I. Fighters of the Second World War. The most complete encyclopedia. - M .: Yauza, EKSMO, 2012 .-- 368 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-699-58917-3 .