AN-2 "Colt"
An-2 (according to NATO codification: Colt, colloquial – "Annushka", "Corn") – Soviet light multi-purpose aircraft. It is a piston single-engine biplane with a bracing wing. Serial production was organized on September 9, 1949.
An-2 is used as an agricultural, sports, transport, training, passenger aircraft and is in service with the air forces of many countries. Many planes have been flying for more than 40 years and some of them have logged 20 thousand hours.
An-2 is a universal light aircraft. Takeoff and landing on unprepared lanes, transportation of small loads, work in agriculture, development of the Far North, delivery of passengers and cargo in Siberia, the Far East, all this became available thanks to this aircraft.
An-2 was produced in the USSR, Poland and China. In total, more than 18,000 An-2 were built. Exported to 26 countries. Before the appearance of the aircraft, the An-3 was the world’s largest single-engine biplane. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the only aircraft in the world that has been produced for over 70 years.
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Cruising speed 200 km/h, maximum range 105 km.
Maximum speed 250 km/h.
Features:
Electric starter – !!! after starting engine, disconnect and off !!!
Artificial horizon – analogue of AGB-3A.
Heading compass with heading marker.
Flight Director – Automatic alignment of horizontal and vertical position.
Autopilot with dual modes GPS/HDG
—GPS – In keypad entered, coordinates X and Y.
—HDG – In keypad entered, direction in degrees 0…360 and altitude.
Flow Meter:
Flow – current fuel consumption in one second.
Time – time in minutes after how many minutes the fuel will run out.
Dist – distance (km) for which there is enough fuel, taking into
flow and speed (m/s).
Automatically goes into refueling mode.
Flow – current fuel arrival per second.
Time – time until full refueling.
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