LWS-3 Mewa - Specifications (LWS-3A Mewa)

Specifications (LWS-3A Mewa)

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (pilot and observer)
• Length: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 13.45 m (44 ft 1 in)
• Height: 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 26.0 m² (280 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,750 kg (3,858 lb)
• Loaded weight: 2,420 kg (5,335 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × 1× Gnome-Rhône 14M05 air-cooled radial engine Three-blade metal variable pitch propeller (planned) or two-blade wooden fixed pitch propeller (installed on some aircraft), 492 kW (660 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 360 km/h (224 mph)
• Range: 700 km (436 mi)
• Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,880 ft)
• Rate of climb: 600 m/min (1,968 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 93 kg/m² (19 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 200 W/kg (0.12 hp/lb)

Armament

• Guns: 2× fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm PWU wz.36 machine guns, 1× rearward-firing 7.92 mm PWU karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37 for observer