Fletcher FD-25
| Fletcher FD-25 Defender | |
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| Type: | COIN plane |
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| First flight: |
1953 |
| Number of pieces: |
13 |
The Fletcher FD-25 Defender is a light ground combat and COIN aircraft produced by the US manufacturer Fletcher Aviation .
History and construction
The FD-25 Defender was a conventional low wing aircraft with a fixed tail wheel landing gear . The aircraft was an all-metal construction and the pilot sat under a wide plexiglass canopy. Three prototypes were built, two single-seaters and one two-seater, but no orders were placed by the US military. In Japan, Toyo acquired the rights to the design and built around a dozen aircraft, sold seven (three single-seat attack aircraft and three two-seat trainers) to Cambodia , and four to Vietnam .
Military use
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| length | 6.38 m |
| span | 9.14 m |
| height | 1.60 m |
| Wing area | 13.9 m² |
| Empty mass | 645 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1223 kg |
| Top speed | 300 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 5000 m |
| Range | 1335 km |
| Engines | 1 × Continental E-225-8 piston engine with 167 kW |
| Armament | 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns in the wings 230 kg bombs and missiles at 8 under wing stations |
See also
literature
- Albert Grandolini: L'Aviation Royale Khmere: The first 15 years of Cambodian military aviation . In: Fine Scroll (Ed.): Air Enthusiast. No. Thirty-seven, September-December 1988, Bromley, UK, ISSN 0143-5450, pp. 39-47
- Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989, p. 393
- World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing, London, p. 894.
Web links
Commons : Fletcher FD-25 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albert Grandolini: L'Aviation Royale Khmere: The first 15 years of Cambodian military aviation . In: Fine Scroll (Ed.): Air Enthusiast. No. Thirty-seven, September-December 1988, Bromley, UK, ISSN 0143-5450, pp. 39-47.