Aeroprogress/ROKS-Aero T-501 Strizh (Swift)
Type: Tandem two-seat turboprop basic trainer.
Program: Details released and model displayed March 1992; original program abandoned after change of Russian Air Force requirements in 1995. Production assigned to Khrunichev plant.
Design features: Conventional low-wing monoplane; unswept wings without dihedral and anhedral; sweptback vertical tail surfaces; unswept horizontal tail surfaces; retractable tricycle landing gear; conventional raised rear cockpit.
Power plant: One 745 kW (1,010 shp) Mars (Omsk) TVD-10B turboprop. Provision for drop tank under each wing.
Armament: Provision for underwing armament.
Dimensions external
Wing span: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wing aspect ratio: 7.33
Length overall: 9.66 m (31 ft 8.5 in)
Areas
Wings, gross: 16.5 sq m (177.6 sq ft)
Weights and loadings
Max fuel weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
Max external load: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
Max T-O weight: 2,670 kg (5,8886 lb)
Max wing loading: 161.8 kg/sq m (33.14 lb/sq ft)
Max power loading: 3.50 kg/kW (5.74 lb/shp)
Performance (estimated)
Max level speed: 285-307 kts (530-570 km/h; 330-354 mph)
T-O speed: 73 kts (135 km/h; 84 mph)
Landing speed: 65 kts (120 km/h; 75 mph)
Max rate of climb at S/L: 1,260 m (4,135 ft)/min
T-O run: 160 m (525 ft)
Landing run: 190 m (625 ft)
Min turning radius: 90 m (295 ft)
Min 360 degree turning time: 11 s
Max range with external fuel at high altitude: 970 n miles (1,800 km; 1,115 miles)
Max range with external fuel at low altitude: 540 n miles (1,000 km; 620 miles)
Source: Jackson, Paul editor. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-96 Jane's Information Group Limited 1995 p. 305.
