| Technical data | |
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| Type | An-3 |
| Function | Multipurpose |
| Year | 1984 |
| Crew | 2-3 |
| Engines |
1*959hp TVD-10B or 1*1375hp TVD-20 |
| Length | 14.0m |
| Wingspan | 18.2m |
| Wing area | 71.6m2 |
| Empty weight | 3200kg |
| Loaded weight | 5800kg |
| Wing Load (kg/m2) | 81.0 |
| Power load (kg/hp) | 6.05 |
| Maximum Speed | 260km/h |
| Cruise Speed | 180km/h |
| Landing Speed | ?km/h |
| Range | ?km |
| Flight Endurance | ?hmin |
| Cruise Ceiling | 2000m |
| Climb | |
| Ground Level | 4.0m/sec |
| Payload | |
| Seats | 9 |
| Load | ?kg |
An-3 by Antonov KB
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The An-3 is a turboprop-engined development of the An-2. A rather unique concept, the An-3 was built because the jet-engined Polish/Russian Mielec M-15 biplane did not stand up to the rigours of agricultural work.
First flown in 1984.
December 12, 1985 at Podkievskoe Airfield (Ukraina, USSR) Vladimir Lysenko set altitude records in Sub-class C-1f (Take-off weight 6000 to less than 9000kg), Group 2 (turboprop engines) with 1000kg and 2000kg payload, pushing An-3 to 6100m
Despite wide market and promising performance, licensing and production start was delayed until year 2000 ('Poliot' Industries). Even than, financial shortages forced to start with upgrade of existing An-2s (some 2300 in Russia alone) to gain necessary resources for new aircraft production.
| Predecessors | Modifications |
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 An-2 |
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