Windecker E-5

Infobox Aircraft
name= Windecker E-5"
type= Airborne Command Post
manufacturer= Windecker Industries


caption=A civilian Windecker Eagle
primary user= United States Air Force
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designer= Windecker Industries
first flight= 1973
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retired= 1973
status= Retired
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number built=1
developed from = Windecker Eagle
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The Windecker YE-5A was an experimental aircraft evaluated by the U.S. Air Force. It was an all-composite construction aircraft, based on the commercial single-engine, low-wing Windecker Eagle. The YE-5A, delivered in 1973, was used in tests relating to the radar detectability (commonly known as 'Stealth') of composite aircraft. The composite airframe was shown to be difficult to detect using radar; however, other components, including the metal engine, could be seen on radar. The aircraft was then transferred to the U.S. Army for use in further tests. A single YE-5A (serial number 73-1653) was built. It is preserved in the U.S. Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

pecifications (YE-5A)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew= one pilot
length main=28 ft 8 in
length alt= 8.7 m
span main= 32 ft
span alt= 9.8 m
height main= 9 ft 6 in
height alt= 2.9 m
area main=ft²
area alt= m²
empty weight main= 2,150 lb
empty weight alt= 975 kg
loaded weight main= 3,400 lb
loaded weight alt= 1,500 kg
max takeoff weight main=lb
max takeoff weight alt= kg
engine (prop)= Lycoming 10-540-G
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number of props= 1
power main= 290 hp
power alt= 216 kW
max speed main= 210 mph at sea level
max speed alt= 338 km/h
cruise speed main= 204 mph 75% power
cruise speed alt= 328 km/h
stall speed main= 66 mph flaps down
stall speed alt= 106 km/h
range main= 1,100 miles
range alt= 1,770 km
ceiling main= 8,000 ft
ceiling alt= 5,500 m
climb rate main= 1,220 ft/min
climb rate alt= 6 m/s
loading main= 19.3 lb/ft²
loading alt= kg/m²
power/mass main= 0.09 hp/lb
power/mass alt= 0.14 kW/kg

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