Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3

The aircraft was developed by a Chinese engineer, captain Chi Wing Young ( eng. Captain Chee Wing Jeang ) in the mid-1930s by order of the government of South China ( New Clique Guangxi ). At the beginning of 1937, at the Liuchow Mechanical and Aircraft Factory ( Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province), two prototype aircraft of the same design, “Type 2,” a two-seat training aircraft for training pilots and “Type 3,” a single-seat fighter, were built . In the spring after, it was decided to bring to the state of the flight model only “Type 3”. The plane made its first flight in July 1937 . During the tests, the aircraft showed very mediocre characteristics, further development of the fighter was not carried out and it was decided to abandon its mass production, the first Chinese production aircraft of its own design was Fu-hsing , and the basis of the Air Force of the Republic of China was foreign-made fighters. Data on the fate of the prototypes “Type 2” and “Type 3” are not available.

Structurally, “Type 3” was a wooden biplane with plywood wings. The welded frame was made of aluminum pipes (according to other sources - steel) and covered with fabric, the wings were made of spruce and sheathed with plywood. Since 1932 ^{[books 3]} , the Liuzhou Aviation Plant specialized in assembling licensed British-made fighters Avro 616 , Avro 626 and Avro 643 Cadet , which led to the installation on a plane of its own design similar to licensed engines and weapons. The engine used was an Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IIA 7-cylinder air-cooled star-shaped engine with 260 hp. ^{[links 2]} . As weapons, one 7.7 mm synchronized Vickers machine gun was used synchronized for firing through a screw.

Data source: W. Green, G. Swanborough. The Complete Book Of Fighters. - 2001. ^{[books 2]}

Specifications

• Crew : 1 pilot
• Length : 6.25 m
• Wing span : 8.40 m
• Height : 2.50 m
• Wing Area: 22 m² (both wings)
• Empty weight: 760 kg
• Normal take-off weight: 1043 kg
• Powerplant : 1 × Radial Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah IIA
• Engine power: 1 × 260 l. with. (1 × 191 kW)

Flight characteristics

• Maximum speed: 283 km / h
• Cruising speed : 220 km / h
• Practical range: up to 3 hours in the air
• Practical ceiling : 5500 m
• Rate of climb : 317 m / min

Armament

• Rifle-cannon: 1 × 7.7 mm synchronized machine gun " Vickers "

Internet Resources

Literature

Bibliography

• William Green, Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book Of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Every Fighter Aircraft Built And Flown. - London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd., 2001 .-- 608 p. - ISBN 978-1-84065-269-7 .
• Lennart Andersson. A History of Chinese Aviation: Encyclopedia of Aircraft and Aviation in China until 1949. - Taipei, Republic of China: AHS of ROC, 2008. - 238 p. - ISBN 978-957-28533-3-7 .
• Demin A.A. Great Neighbor Aviation. Book 1. At the origins of Chinese aviation. - M .: Fund for the Promotion of Aviation "Russian Knights", 2008. - 544 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-903389-15-5 .
• Fighter A to Z Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3 (Eng.) // Air International: Journal. - Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing, 1984. - December (vol. 27, no. 6 ). - ISSN 0306-5634 .

• 廣西 —3 號 (Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3) - the story of the creation of the aircraft (Chinese)
• Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3 at Virtual Aircraft Museum (aviastar.org )
• Liuchow Kwangsi Type 3 on airspot.ru (Russian)
• Kwangsi Type 3 to the Corner of the sky (airwar.ru) (Russian)
• Kwangsi Type 3 - photos from Air International 1984-12 on aviadejavu.ru (Russian)