Specifications (L-59E)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993-94
General characteristics
- Crew: 2: student and instructor
- Length: 12.20 m (40 ft 0¼ in)
- Wingspan: 9.54 m (31 ft 3½ in)
- Height: 4.77 m (15 ft 7¾ in)
- Wing area: 18.80 m² (202.4 ft²)
- Empty weight: 4,030 kg (8,866 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 7,000 kg (15,432 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lotarev DV-2 Turbofan, 21.57 kN (4,850 lbf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 865 km/h (467 knots, 537 mph) at 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
- Stall speed: 185 km/h (100 knots, 115 mph) (flaps down)
- Range: 2,000 km (1,079 nmi, 1,243 mi) max internal and external fuel
- Service ceiling: 11,800 m (38,785 ft)
- Rate of climb: 28 m/s (5,510 ft/min)
Armament
- Guns: 1 × GSh-23L cannon in underfuselage pod
- Hardpoints: 4 underwing hardpoints with a capacity of inner hardpoints 500 kg (1,100 lb) capacity, outer hardpoints 250 kg (550 lb)
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