Moskalyev SAM-5

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Moskalyev SAM-5
RoleTransport and air ambulance monoplane
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerGAZ-18, Voronezh
Designer Aleksandr Moskalyev
First flight1930s
Number built40

The Moskalyev SAM-5 was a 1930s Soviet transport or air ambulance monoplane designed by Aleksandr Moskalyev. [1] The type served in small numbers in the Second World War as an air ambulance. [1]

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Development and design

The SAM-5 was a cantilever high-wing monoplane with fixed conventional landing gear and an enclosed cabin for a pilot and four passengers. [1] The first prototype was built using stressed-skin light alloy construction but it had problems with the quality of workmanship in what was an unfamiliar material. [1] The second-prototype SAM-5bis was built using plywood and fabric and had wing bracing and a more slender fuselage. [1] After testing 37 production aircraft were built and they were delivered from 1937 as air ambulances with room for three patients and an attendant. [1]

Moskalyev then worked on an improved variant, the SAM-5-2bis, tested with a 200 hp (149 kW) engine; the aircraft established distance and height records. [1] An order was placed for 200 of the improved variant, again for use as an air ambulance but they were never built. [1] This last SAM-5 variant led to four, differently numbered, developments.

SAM-5-2bis developments

SAM-10
Low wing, 200–200 kW (270–270 hp) inline, 5/6 seater.
SAM-11
High wing, 200–200 kW (270–270 hp) inline, 4 seat amphibian.
SAM-14
High wing, 113 kW (152 hp) inline, 6 seat version.
SAM-25
High wing, 145–165 kW (194–221 hp) radial, military assault/ transport.

Specifications (SAM-5bis)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Orbis 1985, p. 2560

Bibliography

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.