The Antonov An-3 is a Ukrainian agricultural aircraft designed during the Soviet Union era. It is essentially an turboprop-powered development of the An-2 designed to replace the WSK-Mielec M-15 Belphegor on Soviet farms. The first example flew as early as May 13 1980, but because of a lack of official interest in the project, work proceeded very slowly - flight testing was not complete until 1991.

The project was revitalised in the late 1990s when it was taken over by Polyot State Aerospace Enterprise, and a marketing campaign began in earnest in 2000, although sales have been limited. It is available in two forms, the basic agricultural aircraft (An-3SKh - "Selsko-Khosiajstwennij", Agricultural) and a civil transport version (An-3T) able to carry 12 passengers or 1,800 kg (3,960 lb) of cargo.

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1 Specifications 1.1 General Characteristics (An-3SKh) 1.2 Performance 2 Related content

Specifications

General Characteristics (An-3SKh)

• Crew: 2-3
• Capacity: 2,200 l (541 US gallons) of chemicals
• Length: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 18.20 m (59 ft 8 in)
• Height: m ( ft in)
• Wing area: 71.6 m² (770 ft²)
• Empty: 3,200 kg (7,040 lb)
• Loaded: 5,800 kg (12,760 kg)
• Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
• Powerplant: 1x Glushenkov TVD-20M turboprop, 1,066 kW (1,430 shp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (163 mph)
• Range: 1025 km - with maximum fuel

               300 km - with maximum load km ( miles)

• Service ceiling: 5000 m ( ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: 81 kg/m² (16.5 lb/ft²)
• Power/Mass: 0.18 kW/kg (0.11 hp/lb)

Related content

Related development: An-2 - An-3 - An-4 - An-6

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Designation sequence: An-2 - An-3 - An-4 - An-6 - An-8

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