IAR-817

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IAR 817
RoleMultipurpose aircraft
National origin Romania
Manufacturer Industria Aeronautică Română
First flight1955
Number built60+
Variants IAR-818

The IAR-817 was a Romanian multipurpose aircraft built in the 1950s. [1]

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Design and construction

In 1955, a prototype of a new utility aircraft, the IAR-817, was first flown at the URMV-3 works at Brașov. The URMV-3 works had been formed at the Sovromtractor tractor factory, itself on the site of the Industria Aeronautică Română aircraft works. It was a single-engine high-wing monoplane with a pod-and-boom type fuselage of welded steel tube construction and fabric-covered wooden wings. It had a fixed tricycle undercarriage. [2] The aircraft was powered by a single 120 kW (160 hp) Walter Minor 6-III air-cooled six-cylinder inverted inline engine. [3]

An air-ambulance version of the IAR-817, the IAR-817S, entered production in 1957, with over 60 built. The type formed the basis of the IAR-818, built from 1961. [2]

Specifications

Data from Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; Ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974. Brasov. pp. 230–231.
  2. 1 2 Vlad 1998 , p. 11
  3. Taylor 1965 , p. 116