ANBO III

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ANBO III
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ANBO III with Walter Mars engine
RoleMilitary advanced trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius
Designer Antanas Gustaitis
First flight1929
Number built9
Developed from ANBO II
Developed into ANBO IV

The ANBO III was a parasol-wing monoplane training and utility aircraft designed for the Lithuanian Army in 1929. It became the first aircraft of Lithuanian design to be built in series, with two batches of four aircraft produced in 1930 and 1931. The ANBO IIIs also saw service as reconnaissance machines. [1]

Monoplane Fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.

Lithuania Republic in Northeastern Europe

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Development

In early 1931 the ANBO III was flying with a 108 kW (145 hp) Walter Mars I, a nine-cylinder radial engine [2] [3] but production aircraft were powered by Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major radials. [1]

Walter Mars I

The Walter Mars I was a nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s.

Radial engine reciprocating engine with cylinders arranged radially from a single crankshaft

The radial engine is a reciprocating type internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. It resembles a stylized star when viewed from the front, and is called a "star engine" in some languages. The radial configuration was commonly used for aircraft engines before gas turbine engines became predominant.

Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major aircraft engine

The Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major is a British five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft, designed and built by Armstrong Siddeley and first run in 1928. It developed 140 horsepower (104 kW). In Royal Air Force use the seven-cylinder version was known as the Civet I. The Feliform names used are in line with company convention, the Genet and Civet both being large cat-like carnivores.

Operators

Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg  Lithuania

Specifications (Walter Mars I engine)

Data from Les Ailes April 1931 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 "ANBO III". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Le monoplan Gustaitis "Anbo III"". Les Ailes (in French) (512): 3. 9 April 1931.
  3. "Czechoslovakia". Flight . XXI (30): 762. 4 March 1965.

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