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| Possessing little more than a configurational similarity
to preceding single-seat fighters of Carafoli design, the
I.A.R.15 flew for the first time late in 1933. It was
powered by a 600hp Gnome-Rhone 9Krse ninecylinder
radial and carried an armament of two 7.7mm
Vickers machine guns. The structural design followed
that of the I.A.R.14. It had a welded steel-tube fuselage
covered by duralumin sheet forward and fabric aft, this
being mated with a three-piece wing with two duralumin
spars, pine and plywood ribs and duralumin sheet
skinning for the centre section with fabric covering for
the outer panels. A series of five I.A.R.15s was ordered
for the Aeronautica Militara, these differing from the
prototype primarily in having three-bladed metal propellers
in place of the two-bladed wooden unit. The
speed capability of the I.A.R.15 was adjudged excellent
and it established a national altitude record of 11631m in 1936. It was considered inferior to the
P.Z.L. P.11, however, on the score of manoeuvrability, and no further examples were ordered.
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| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1650 kg | 3638 lb |
| Empty weight | 1215 kg | 2679 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 11.00 m | 36 ft 1 in |
| Length | 7.76 m | 25 ft 6 in |
| Height | 2.70 m | 9 ft 10 in |
| Wing area | 19.00 m2 | 204.51 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 375 km/h | 233 mph |
| Range | 600 km | 373 miles |
| ubaTaeCJ, e-mail, 21.02.2025 15:02 20 reply | | lxbfYeaa, e-mail, 14.03.2024 05:00 20 reply | | Bob Langelius, Sr., e-mail, 03.05.2008 18:37 This is a pretty Airplane!It appears to be silver paint w /o any registration markings. Does anyone know how these were decorated and their actual color scheme? It has nice proportions for a scale model! reply |
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