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Preliminary design (brief description of the work).
Subject: Creation and design of K.P.S. military ekranoplan 2903-03 "Ares", in the role of amphibious operations and coastal defense in the Aegean.
Design & study: Konstantinos Panitsidis
Declaration
The K.P.S. projects have been studied in detail. However, in this presentation, the three-view drawings, as well as the results of the calculations, have undergone a partial, deliberate distortion to discourage the production of counterfeit copies.
The basic model of the study concerns a ekranoplans role in naval cooperation, which replaces both surface vessels and aircraft. The basic design concerns a two engines, low wing boat, with T-tail and boats type spindle.
EQUIPMENT: It bear a wery strong navigation and target assault radar (e.g. surface ships), terrain-following technology.
AIRPLANE INTERIOR LAYOUT: It may transfer up to two squads of SEALS special forces with all their armaments.
Three-view drawing
Technical specifications
| DESIGNER | Panitsidis Κ. (K.P.S.-Project) |
| COUNTRY | Greece |
| TYPE | Military ekranoplan |
| CREW | 2 + 1 |
| POWER-PLANT | Two turbofan engines |
| Thrust, kgf | 2x3.500 |
| Thrust-to-weight ratio (maximum) | 0,53 |
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DIMENSIONS
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Length, m
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19,80 |
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Height, m
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6,50 |
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Wing span, m
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14,43
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Horizontal stabilizer span, m
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13,9 |
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Wing area m2
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59,00
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LANDING GEAR
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Retractable landing gears with a double nose wheel and two wheels in line on the main gears.
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Wheel base, m
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5,2 |
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Wheel trac, m
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4,3 |
| WEIGHT | |
| Maximum take-off, kg | 13.000 |
| Normal take-off, kg | 12.600 |
| Empty aircraft, kg | - |
| Internal fuel, kg | 2.000 |
| Warload, kg | - |
| PERFORMANCE | |
| Maximum speed, km/h | 400 |
| Maximum patrol speed, km/h | 340 |
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Economic speed, km/h
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-
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Maximum overload, g
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+5
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Rate of climb, m/min
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-
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| Service ceiling, m | 1 until 2.000 |
| Take-off distance (ground), m | 490 |
| Landing distance (ground), m | 597 |
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Range, km
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2.000 |
| Combat range, km | - |
| ARMAMENT | A dual-six barrel radar driven 30mm machine gun with over +2.000 rounds (it is housed on the fuselage). You can transfer up to 2 O.Y.K.(Greek Commandos) groups (with their equipment). |