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EKW C 35

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Top speed
  
335 km/h

Length
  
9.54 m

Wingspan
  
13 m

First flight
  
1930

EKW C-35 EKW Eidgensschische Konstruktionswerksttten KW C35

The EKW C-35 was a 1930s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance biplane aircraft built by the Swiss Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, K+W), Thun.

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Development

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Two aircraft were designed by the Eidgenössische Konstruktions Werkstätte to replace the Fokker C.Ve which the Swiss Air Force were using. The two projects were the EKW C-35 biplane and the EKW C-36 monoplane. After evaluation the air force ordered 40 C-35s in 1936. Additional aircraft were built from spares. The C-35 was a two-seat biplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and conventional tail unit. The aircraft was powered by a Hispano-Suiza HS-77 V-12 piston engine (licence-built Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs).

Operational history

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The first aircraft was delivered to the Swiss Air Force in May 1937, and all had been delivered by the end of 1938. To supplement the aircraft in-service a further eight aircraft were built between 1941 and 1942 from spares. The aircraft were removed from front-line service in 1943 when replaced by the F&W C-3603 and transferred to night-flying units. The aircraft was withdrawn from service in 1954.

Operators

  Switzerland
  • Swiss Air Force

    • Specifications (C-35)

    Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1593

    General characteristics

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  • Crew: Two
  • Length: 9.54 m (31 ft 3½ in)
  • Wingspan: 13.08 m (42 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 3.75 m (12 ft 3½ in)
  • Wing area: 32 m2 (344.46 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 2190 kg (4828 lb)
  • Gross weight: 3130 kg (6900 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza HS-77 piston engine (licence-built Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs), 642 kW (860 hp)

    • Performance

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  • Maximum speed: 335 km/h (208 mph)
  • Range: 750 km (466 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 8000 m (26,247 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 11.51 m/s (2265 ft/min)

    • Armament

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  • 1 x 20-mm cannon (forward firing through propeller hub)
  • 2 x fixed forward firing 7.5 mm (0.295in) machine-guns in wings
  • 1 x flexible 7.5 mm (0.295in) machine-gun in rear-cockpit
  • 22lb (22kg) of bombs on underwing racks

    • References

    EKW C-35 Wikipedia
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