Saab Safari
| Saab Safari | |
|---|---|
 MFI-17 supporter of the Norwegian Air Force |
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| Type: | Trainer aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
July 11, 1969 |
| Commissioning: |
1972 |
| Production time: |
since 1971 |
| Number of pieces: |
462 |
Saab MFI-15 Safari , also known as Saab MFI-17 Supporter , is a training aircraft for military pilots.
History and construction
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The aircraft engineer Björn Andreasson developed the BA-7 as a light aircraft at Convair in 1958. After moving to AB Malmö Flygindustri (MFI) again, he developed the MFI-9 Junior . The Swedish Flygvapnet was proposed in 1963 the "MFI-9B Mil-Trainer" as a light combat aircraft and basic trainer. Carl Gustaf von Rosen shipped five of the machine now known as the “FPL-801” to Gabon in 1969 and from there actively used them in the Biafra War . In order to avoid damage when operating on unpaved slopes , the normal tail was changed to a cross tail with a raised horizontal tail. The first flight of the Saab MFI-15 with a few further modifications and a Lycoming IO-320 with 160 PS (approx. 120 kW) was on July 11, 1969, the series production with Lycoming IO-360 began in 1971. From 1981 onwards, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) built in Kamra 92 MFI and from 1983 a further 149 as "Mushshak" under license. Including the improved variant MFI-395 "Super Mushshak" built there from 1995, 343 MFI aircraft were built in Pakistan by the end of 2019.
A composite variant was tested in the 1980s as the MFI-18 but was not sold.
variants
- MFI-15 "Safari" - civilian basic version
- MFI-17 "Supporter" - military basic trainer
- Saab "Safari TS" - prototype with a turbo-charged piston engine, 210 PS (approx. 150 kW)
- MFI-17 “Mushshak” - MFI-17 manufactured under license in Pakistan
- MFI-18 - variant made of composite material
- MFI-395 "Super Mushshak" - improved Pakistani variants of the MFI-17 "Mushshak"
- "Shahbaz" - another Pakistani development variant
Military users
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Denmark ( Danish Air Force ) (32 MFI-17B, Danish designation T-17) -
Iran (25) -
Norway ( Luftforsvaret ) (23) -
Oman (8) -
Pakistan (289, Air Force : 54 MFI-395 SMK, Army:> 100 MFI-395 MK) -
Saudi Arabia (20) -
Sierra Leone (2) -
Syria (6) -
Zambia (20)
Technical specifications
| Parameter | MFI-17 supporter ("Mushshak") | MFI-395 "Super Mushshak" |
|---|---|---|
| crew | 1 | 2 |
| Passengers | 2 | |
| length | 7 m | 7.15 m |
| span | 8.85 m | |
| height | 2.60 m | |
| Wing area | 11.90 m² | |
| Wing extension | 6.6 | |
| Empty mass | 690 kg | 760 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1200 kg | 1250 kg |
| Cruising speed | 154 km / h | |
| Top speed | 196 km / h | 268 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 5100 m | 6750 m |
| Range | 622 km | 815 km |
| Engines | 1 × four-cylinder boxer engine Avco Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 with 149 kW (200 PS) | 1 × Lycoming IO-540 six-cylinder boxer engine with 190 kW (260 PS) |
Armament
A maximum of 350 kg of ordnance at six external load stations :
- 6 × Rb 53 Bofors BANTAM (wire-guided anti - tank guided weapon )
- 4 × Abel launch containers for 7 M75 missiles (unguided missile in caliber 75 mm)
- 4 × TBA 68-7 launch container for 7 SNEB rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 68 mm)
- 18 × M55 missiles (unguided missile in caliber 75 mm)
- 16 × SURA rockets (unguided rocket in caliber 81 mm)
- 2 × containers for two 7.62 mm machine guns each
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Georg Mader: An old Swede makes a career . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 3 . PPVMedien GmbH, 2020, ISSN 0941-889X , p. 28-31 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Swedish Hocus Pocus. In: airplanesandrockets.com. Airplanes & Rockets, accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ↑ SAAB MFI-15 Safari / MFI-17 supporter. In: aviadejavu.ru. Avia Deja Vu, accessed January 30, 2020 (Russian).