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| Windecker E-5" | |
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| Role | Airborne Command Post |
| Manufacturer | Windecker Industries |
| Designed by | Windecker Industries |
| First flight | 1973 |
| Retired | 1973 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | United States Air Force |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Windecker Eagle |
The Windecker YE-5A was an experimental aircraft evaluated by the U.S. Air Force. It was an all-composite construction aircraft, based on the commercial single-engine, low-wing Windecker Eagle. The YE-5A, delivered in 1973, was used in tests relating to the radar detectability (commonly known as 'Stealth') of composite aircraft. The composite airframe was shown to be difficult to detect using radar; however, other components, including the metal engine, could be seen on radar. The aircraft was then transferred to the U.S. Army for use in further tests. A single YE-5A (serial number 73-1653) was built. It is preserved in the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Specifications (YE-5A)
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Length: 28 ft 8 in (8.7 m)
- Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
- Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
- Wing area: ft² (m²)
- Empty weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg)
- Loaded weight: 3,400 lb (1,500 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Lycoming 10-540-G, 290 hp (216 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 210 mph at sea level (338 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 204 mph 75% power (328 km/h)
- Stall speed: 66 mph flaps down (106 km/h)
- Range: 1,100 miles (1,770 km)
- Service ceiling 8,000 ft (5,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,220 ft/min (6 m/s)
- Wing loading: 19.3 lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.09 hp/lb (0.14 kW/kg)
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