The Sikorsky S-19 was a Russian twin engine experimental prototype biplane aircraft built late in 1916 by the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works while Igor Sikorsky was chief engineer of the aircraft manufacturing division.

S-19
Role Experimental prototype
National origin Russian Empire
First flight 1916
Number built 1

Design and development

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The S-19 was a two bay biplane powered by two 150 horsepower (112 kilowatts) Sunbeam Crusader water-cooled V-8 engines installed in a push-pull configuration. Arranged as a twin-boom aircraft, it had a large rudder located in the center of the empenage. Two crew members occupied cockpits in the forward-most section of the booms in front of the lower wing and served as pilot and machine gunner.[1][2][3]

Flight testing revealed sluggish performance and the aircraft was scrapped after a minor crash.[4]

See also

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Gotha WD.3

References

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  1. ^ "The Russian Years". www.sikorskyarchives.com. Sikorsky Archives. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Igor Sikorsky". aerofiles.com. Aerofiles. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Sikorsky S-19". all-aero.com. All-aero. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "S-19 'Dvukhvostka'". ram-home.com. Russian Aviation Museum. 8 September 1997. Retrieved 19 March 2017.