Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung

The Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung (江鴻 - "River Swan") was a reconnaissance seaplane developed for the Chinese Navy in the late 1920s. It was a conventional biplane design with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span and accommodation for the pilot and observer in tandem, open cockpits. The landing gear consisted of twin pontoons.

Chiang Hung
Role	Reconnaissance seaplane
Manufacturer	Naval Air Establishment
Primary user	Chinese Navy
Number built	2

Operators

 China

• Chinese Navy

Specifications

Data from A History of Chinese Aviation,[1] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.33 m (27 ft 4 in)
• Upper wingspan: 10.54 m (34 ft 7 in)
• Lower wingspan: 10.88 m (35 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 31.4 m² (338 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 740 kg (1,631 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,180 kg (2,601 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-5 Whirlwind 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 123 kW (165 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 177 km/h (110 mph, 96 kn)

• Alighting speed: 85 km/h (53 mph; 46 kn)
• Service ceiling: 4,700 m (15,500 ft) Absolute ceiling
• Rate of climb: 2.61 m/s (514 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 3,050 m (10,010 ft) in 31 minutes
• Wing loading: 37.6 kg/m² (7.7 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 9.58 kg/kW (15.75 lb/hp)

References

1. Andersson, Lennart (2008). A History of Chinese Aviation: Encyclopedia of Aircraft and Aviation in China until 1949. Taipei, Republic of China: AHS of ROC. p. 238. ISBN 978-957-28533-3-7.
2. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 88c.

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 254.
• Grey, C.G., ed. (1933). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1933. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 86c.