L-59 Albatros from modeller`s view
TECHNICAL DATA
 | Span | 31.30 ft
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| Length | 40.03 ft
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| Height | 15.68 ft
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| MTOW | 5,6 t
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PERFORMANCE
| Vmax | 570 mph (920 km/h)
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| Service ceiling | 38 700 ft
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| Range | 930 miles
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POWER PLANT
| 1x Lotarev DV-2 bypass turbofan engine
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| Thrust | 21.58 kN
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| Design | (Lotarev) ZMKB Progres, Zaporozie, Russia
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| Production | Povazske strojarne, Povazska Bystrica, Slovak Republic
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THE CREW AND THE RESCUE SYSTEM
| Crew | 2 pilots on tandem ejector seats
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| Ejector seats | VS-2 (Czech design and construction zero height / zero speed)
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The rescue system consists of two ejection seats VS-2A and emergency jettisioning of cockpit
canopy.
The seat VS-2A is eguipped with two-stage driving system, which is created by a telescopic
ejection mechanism an accelerating rocket engine URM-1M. The parachute system PLS-80
is located at the top of the seat immediately behind the pilots head. The system consists of
two parachutes,one (SP-80) for stabilisation plus the main rescue parachute PL-80. The seat
is eqipped with a survival kit.
Jettisionning of canopy is activated by emergency handle in rear and front cockpit. If the
canopy cannot be jettisionned, the ejection is performed trough the plexiglass of the canopy.
MISSIONS
| -basic training
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| -advancet training (incl.bombing,air-to-air and air-to-ground attacs, patrol flights)
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| -light attack / COIN missions
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Some variants of external stores
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ARMAMENT
1x GSh-23 two-barrel cannon in centre fuselage pod
4x underwing pylons
Russian GSh-23 twin-barrel 23 mm cannon is very accurate arm and has good efficiency.
Weight of cannon is 46 kg, and L-59 can carry 150 rounds of ammunition. It can reach
3000-3400 rounds per minute.
Two underwing pylons can carry 500 kg of external armament each and next two pylons,
close to wingtips, 250 kg. L-59 can carry armament compatibile with NATO standads
for example:
-rocket pods (UB-16 with 16 x 55 mm rockets,...)
-free-fall GP bombs (FAB-100,FAB-250,FAB-500...)
-air-to-air missiles (R-3S,...)
-air-to-surface missiles
-external fuel drop tanks 350 l
Examples of armament
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GSh-23 in action
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