IAR-827

IAR-827 and IAR-828
Role	Agricultural aircraft
National origin	Romania
Manufacturer	IAR
Designer	Radu Manicatide
First flight	22 July 1976

The IAR-827 was an agricultural aircraft built in Romania in the 1970s and 1980s. The penultimate member of the family of designs that began with the IAR-821, it was, like the others, a conventional low-wing monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage, and shared the all-metal construction of the IAR-826. The prototype flew in 1976, powered by a Lycoming IO-720 engine, but the production examples that followed all had the PZL-3S.

In 1981, the IAR-827 prototype was re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop and redesignated first as the IAR-827TP and later as the IAR-828. Plans to produce the aircraft either with the Pratt & Whitney Canada engine or a Walter 601 never materialised.

Variants

• IAR-827 - prototype with Lycoming IO-720 engine
• IAR-827A - production version with PZL-3S engine
• IAR-827TP, later IAR-828 - turboprop version with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG

Specifications (IAR-827A)

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 1,200 L (320 US Gal) of chemicals
• Length: 8.80 m (28 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
• Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 7 in)
• Wing area: 29.4 m² (316 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,660 kg (3,660 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,800 kg (6,200 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × PZL-3S, 450 kW (600 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph)
• Range: 650 km (400 miles)
• Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)

References

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• Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 341. 
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