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forward of the cockpit and fabric aft. The tail was redesigned again, this time to a triangular shape and was also built of steel tube and dural-covered. An aerodynamically improved single strut undercarriage featuring wheel spats was fitted near the wing roots and a small wheel replaced the previous
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In all aspects, the I.A.R.-15, test flown in early 1934 by 1st Lt. Alex. Papana, was a good match for other monoplane fighter types of its time, such as the
Dewoitine D.500 of L'Armée de l'Air, the Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" of the U.S. Army Air Corps or the Polikarpov I-16 of the Voyenno-vozdushnyye
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was finally placed. With production started and a small profit secured, Dipl.-Eng. Carafoli decided to try something new. The result was the I.A.R. 15. The inline engine was abandoned and instead a radial powerplant was substituted. Accordingly, the front fuselage underwent a major redesign. The
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engine. With the new nine-cylinder radial the aircraft attained a top speed of 375 km/h at 4,000 m and could climb to 5,000 m in 8 minutes. The ceiling was raised to 10,500 m and an endurance of 600 km was possible. The I.A.R. 15 could intercept any contemporary major bomber type.
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Alongside the new front fuselage section, other structural changes had been implemented as well. The cross-section of the rear fuselage was enlarged and reinforced. The fuselage was a steel tube structure covered with
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sily. The speed capability of the I.A.R.15 was judged excellent and it established a national altitude record of 11631m in 1936.
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9-cylinder supercharged radial, at 4,000 m (13,120 ft) , 450 kW (600 hp)
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349:Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938
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231:7.76 m (25 ft 5.5 in)
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398:Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR)
249:19.00 m (204 sq ft)
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875:Single-engined tractor aircraft
860:1930s Romanian fighter aircraft
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261:1,650 kg (3,630 lb)
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61:Industria Aeronautică Română
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16:Romanian fighter prototype
522:Gliders and motor gliders
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664:Series 300 (helicopters)
195:Royal Romanian Air Force
216:General characteristics
122:Gnome & Rhône 9Krse
655:IAR Messerschmitt 109G
400:aircraft and engines
347:Grey, C.G. (1972).
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165:Operational history
142:Power was from an
39:single-seat fighter
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111:Development
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686:IAR KA 126
322:References
247:Wing area:
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625:IAR MS-35
413:IAR CV 11
335:Grey 1972
235:Wingspan:
209:Grey 1972
206:Data from
174:Operators
68:Designer
640:IAR P24E
635:IAR P11F
308:Armament
159:PZL P.11
103:for the
52:Romania
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814:IAR 6G1
809:IAR 4GI
783:IAR-471
767:IAR-831
762:IAR-828
757:IAR-827
752:IAR-826
747:IAR-825
742:IAR-824
737:IAR-823
732:IAR-822
727:IAR-821
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707:IAR-813
702:IAR-811
681:IAR-330
676:IAR-317
671:IAR-316
513:IAR-109
241:Height:
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188:Romania
22:IAR 15
829:IAR 9K
824:IAR 7K
819:IAR 5K
788:IAR-95
609:IAR-46
604:IAR-35
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223:Crew:
136:dural
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79:1933
36:Role
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353:ISBN
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