IAR 95

The IAR 95 Spey was a Romanian project for a fourth generation fighter jet. The project was started in the late 1970s and cancelled in 1981. Shortly after, the project was restarted again. The project was cancelled for good in 1988 due to lack of funds before a prototype could be built, although a full-scale mockup was being constructed.

Design and development

The design was a high wing monoplane with lateral air intakes, a single fin, and a single engine. Designs with two fins and two engines were also considered but it was decided to go with the single engine single fin design. Other designations given to this project are IAR-101 and IAR-S and refer to different design layouts. The IAR-95 is similar in appearance and (projected) performance to the Chinese JF-17 Thunder, a joint Chinese-Pakistani fighter jet designed in the 1990s.

Romania considered a joint program with Yugoslavia, but the latter declined because it was designing its own supersonic fighter jet, the Novi Avion.

pecifications

The following technical data applies to the design that progressed the furthest:

aircraft specification

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=jet
crew= 1 or 2
length main= 16.0 m
span main= 9.3 m
height main= 5.45 m
area main= 27.9 m²
area alt=56.5 m²
empty weight main= 7880 kg
max takeoff weight main= 15,200 kg
engine (jet)=Tumansky R-29-300
type of jet=afterburning turbofans
number of jets= 1
afterburning thrust main= 122kN
afterburning thrust alt= 27,420 lb
armament=
*3200 kg of various missiles and bombs

ee also

aircontent

similar aircraft=
* JF-17 Thunder
* Mirage F-1
* IAI Kfir

lists=
* List of fighter aircraft

see also=
* 4th generation jet fighter

References

* Romanian National Institute for Aerospace Research INCAS S.A.
* International Air Power Review, Winter 2001-2002
* [http://www.incas.ro/english/departments/aviation%20programs/Romanian%20Supersonic%20Projects.htm Pictures and technical information of IAR 95]

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