Sukhoi Su-26
The Sukhoi Su -26 (Russian Сухой Су -26) is a single-seat sports aircraft that originated in the Soviet Union as the first civilian development of the Sukhoi design bureaus.
Development
The aircraft was developed under the internal designation S -42 was founded by a group Sukhoi OKB in 1982 with the help of engineers from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI ) and the DOSAAF plant in Prienai.
Basis for the design was the Yak- 55, but which has been heavily revised. It was equipped with an air-cooled M-14 radial engine and pointed, unusual for a Soviet construction until then, a large proportion of plastic parts on. Not at all uncommon, however, were her good flight characteristics. They can be loaded with up to 12 g and - 10g and thus exceed the carrying capacity of the pilot. The machine has a tail dragger landing gear, the main wheels are located on a titanium axle.
On 30 June 1984, the aerobatic experienced test pilot Yevgeny Frolov made the first flight. The first four machines were equipped with the two-blade propeller V -530. The production version of Su- 26M has redesigned rear fins and a propeller dreiblätterigen the German company Hoffmann. From 2003 an improved version was produced, this was designated Su- 26M3. This version had received a new engine, the M- 9F, and other improvements.
With the Su -26 both the team score for the men and the women was won at the 1986 World Aerobatics Championships.
Fly the Su -26 was also exported to the West, as Su -26, among others, in Switzerland and in the USA.