Sukhoi Su-38

Su-38
Role	Agricultural aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	KnAAPO, NAPO, Smolensk Aviation Plant
Designer	Sukhoi design bureau
First flight	27 July 2001
Status	Under development
Number built	1

The Sukhoi Su-38 (Russian: Сухой Су-38) is a Russian agricultural aircraft, the first aircraft of this type to be designed and built by the Sukhoi Design Bureau civil aircraft section (Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (CJSC)).

Design originally began in 1993 as a development of the Sukhoi Su-29 aerobatic aircraft.^[1][2] Development was suspended due to economic problems, and when restarted in 1998, the aircraft was redesigned, reducing the aircraft's size and replacing the originally planned M-14 radial engine with a LOM Praha 337S inline engine.^[1][3] The first prototype made its maiden flight on 27 July 2001, with a second flying by June 2002.^[1] As no users have yet^[when?] expressed interest in the aircraft, the project is currently proceeding at a low pace.^{[citation needed]}

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2005–2006^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 500 L (132.1 US gal; 110.0 imp gal) chemical hopper
• Length: 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 11.53 m (37 ft 10 in)
• Height: 2.655 m (8 ft 9 in)
• Airfoil: TsAGI P-31Y (16%) ^[4]
• Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 210 L (55 US gal; 46 imp gal) in two wing tanks
• Powerplant: 1 × LOM Praha M337S 6-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 184 kW (247 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed LOM B-546 ground-adjustable propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 150–180 km/h (93–112 mph, 81–97 kn) operating speed
• Stall speed: 76 km/h (47 mph, 41 kn)
• Ferry range: 1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi) without spraybars

900 km (559 mi; 486 nmi) with spraybars fitted

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave

• Karnozov, Vladimir and Stewart Penny. "Su-38 Sukhoi readies Su-38 for first flight". Flight International, 3–9 July 2001, p. 24.

• Jackson, Paul, ed. (2003). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04 (94th ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. pp. 419–420. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.with

• Sukhoi design bureau page mentioning design of the Su-38L
• list of the current projects of the Sukhoi design bureau Archived 2018-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Sukhoi civil programmes list Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Image at official Sukhoi website Archived 2017-08-11 at the Wayback Machine