Fletcher FD-25

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name=FD-25 Defender


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type=Counter-Insurgency aircraft
manufacturer=Fletcher
designer=John Thorp
first flight=avyear|1953
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number built=ca. 15
variants with their own articles=The Fletcher FD-25 Defender was a light ground-attack aircraft developed in the United States in the 1950s. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Provision was made for two machine guns in the wings, plus disposable stores carried on underwing pylons. Construction throughout was all-metal, and the pilot sat under a wide perspex canopy. Three prototypes were built, two single-seaters and a two-seater, but no orders were placed by the US military. In Japan, however, Toyo acquired the rights to the design, and built around a dozen aircraft, selling eight to Cambodia and four to Vietnam.

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crew=One pilot
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length m=6.38
length ft=20
length in=11
span m=9.14
span ft=30
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height m=1.60
height ft=5
height in=3
wing area sqm=13.9
wing area sqft=150
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empty weight kg=645
empty weight lb=1,421
gross weight kg=1,223
gross weight lb=2,696
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eng1 type=Continental E-225-8
eng1 kw= 167
eng1 hp= 225
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max speed kmh=300
max speed mph=190
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range km=1,335
range miles=834
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ceiling m=5,000
ceiling ft=16,400
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climb rate ms=8.8
climb rate ftmin=1,720
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .30 machine guns in wings
armament2=500 lb (230 kg) of disposable stores on eight underwing pylons, including bombs, rockets, and napalm tanks
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