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Ikarus IK-2

5,778 Wildcat1941  1.4 years ago
Auto Credit Based on 8Ball's SOKO aircraft challenge

The Ikarus IK-2 was a 1930s high-wing, single-seat, monoplane fighter aircraft of Yugoslav design built for the Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force. The IK-2 was designed by French-trained engineers Kosta Sivcev and Ljubomir Ilic, who saw the desirability of developing a home-grown aircraft industry. A gull-wing design, it was armed with a hub-firing autocannon and fuselage-mounted synchronised machine guns. Just 12 production models were built, as the aircraft was obsolescent at the time it was brought into service in 1935, and only eight were serviceable at the time of the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. After the defeat of Yugoslavia, the remaining four aircraft were taken onto the strength of the air force of the Axis puppet state, the Independent State of Croatia, but none survived the war.

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor SOKO aircraft challenge
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 28.0ft (8.5m)
  • Length 19.6ft (6.0m)
  • Height 8.4ft (2.6m)
  • Empty Weight 1,782lbs (808kg)
  • Loaded Weight 2,867lbs (1,300kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.164
  • Wing Loading 14.2lbs/ft2 (69.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 201.8ft2 (18.8m2)
  • Drag Points 813

Parts

  • Number of Parts 90
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 453
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    wait, is that aircraft from the movie "the wind is rising" i think, cus it looks very similair

    8 months ago
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    1,968 8Ball

    Wow! This looks phenomenal. I'm so glad this challenge got its first submission. I was honestly getting kinda worried about it, because no one had submitted anything yet, so this came as a nice surprise. I love it!

    +2 1.4 years ago