IAR 80
IAR 80 on patrol
Type	Fighter aircraft
Manufacturer	Industria Aeronautică Română
Primary user	Romanian Air Force
Produced	IAR 80: 170 IAR 81: 176

The IAR 80 was a Romanian World War II low-wing, monoplane, all-metal construction fighter aircraft. When first flown in 1938, it was competitive with most of the contemporary designs, like the German Bf-109E, the British Hawker Hurricane and the Supermarine Spitfire. It entered service in 1942, and although there were plans to replace it fairly quickly it was forced to remain in front-line use until 1944, by which point it was entirely outdated. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... The Romanian Air Force (Romanian: ) has an air force headquarters, an operational command, four air bases and an air defense brigade. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... (Bf 109 was the official Reichsluftfahrtministerium designation, though some late-war aircraft actually carried the Me 109 designation stamped onto their aircraft type plates. ... The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. ... The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used primarily by the RAF and many Allied countries through the Second World War and into the 1950s. ...

Basic Specifications

• Company: Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR)
• Designer: Ion Grosu
• Year: 1938
• Type: Day fighter
• Crew: 1, pilot
• Description: Low wing monoplane fighter with conventional control surface layout.
• Fuselage: The fuselage is circular in cross section, turning to egg shaped behind the cockpit where it incorporates a ridge-back. The general fuselage layout bears a certain resemblance to the F4U, but was based on the Polish PZL P.24.
• Wings: The wings are rectangular, the trailing edge tapers very slightly towards the front. Small flaps run from the fuselage to a point about 1/3rd along the span, where oversized ailerons start and run out to the rounded caps on the wingtips.
• Other details: The canopy is of the bubble type, sliding to the rear to open. The cockpit is relatively far to the rear, over 1/2 of the way back from the nose. Tail-dragger landing gear were used, with the main gear wide-set and retracting inward, and the tail "gear" being a simple skid that did not retract.

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Background

In order to ensure that the Aeronautica Regală Română (Royal Romanian Air Force, or ARR) could continue to be supplied with aircraft in time of war, the government subsidized the creation of three major aircraft manufacturers in the 1920s and 1930s. The first was Societăţii pentru Exploatări Tehnice (SET) which was formed in Bucharest in 1923. Next came Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) which set up shop in Braşov in 1925. Finally there was Intreprinderea de Construcţii Aeronautice Romaneşti (ICAR), which was founded in Bucharest in 1932. Status Capital of Romania Mayor Adriean Videanu, since 2005 Area 238 km² Population (2005) 1,924,959[1] Density 8,088 inh/km² Geographical coordinates Web site http://www. ... County BraÅŸov County Status County capital Mayor George Scripcaru, Democratic Party, since 2004 Area 267. ...

In 1930 the Romanian government issued specifications for a new fighter. Although the government did not expect bids from its own aircraft industry, IAR produced several prototype fighters in response to the tender. None of the other Romanian companies entered a bid, and as the industry was rife with corruption, the government nationalized IAR while the other two companies were left to their own devices.

However the contract was eventually won by the Polish PZL P.11, which at the time was considered to be the best fighter in the world. The FARR purchased fifty of a modified version called the P.11b, all of which were delivered in 1934. A second contest was also fought between the newer IAR.24 and PZL P.24 designs, and once again the newer PZL design won a contract for another fifty planes. The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed in early-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. ... The PZL P.24 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed in mid-1930s in the PZL factory in Warsaw. ...

Although IAR's own designs had not entered production, they nevertheless won the contracts to build many of the airframes under license, as well as providing the engines, licensed versions of the famous Gnome-Rhone 14K. Other licensed contracts included the Potez 25, the Morane-Saulnier 35, and the Fleet 10-G. As a result the company had enough money to fund a design shop even if its designs never saw production. The Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major was a 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled radial engine. ... Potez 25 was a French twin-seat, single-engine reconnaissance biplane designed during the 1920s. ...

Development history

Despite the constant race with PZL, an IAR design team led by Dr. Ion Grosu continued work on fighter designs. He was convinced that the low wing design pioneered on the IAR.24 represented a much better design than the PZL gull-wing design, which was often referred to as the "Polish wing". Once again the team studied the new PZL fighter looking to incorporate its best features into a new plane, and the result was the IAR.80. PZL is an abbreviation name used by three Polish aerospace manufacturers. ...

The design was a true mix of features. The tail section was taken directly from the P.24, and was of semi-monocoque construction. Also taken from the P.24 was the very front of the plane, including the engine, engine mounting, and the cowling design. The fuselage from the engine back to the cockpit was new, consisting of a welded steel tube frame covered with duralumin sheeting. The wings were mounted just behind the engine, and were of the same design as those used on the early IAR.24, which had competed with the P.24. The cockpit's interior, instruments, and gunsight were almost entirely imported from foreign suppliers. fuck u Duralumin (also called duraluminum, duraluminium or dural) is the name of one of the earliest types of age-hardenable aluminium alloys. ...

The plane was considerably more modern than the Polish designs, and the team finally had a plane that could beat PZL's best.

Prototypes

Work began on the IAR.80 prototype in late 1937, originally with an open cockpit and the 870 hp (649 kW) IAR K14-III C32 engine which was a licensed Gnome-Rhône 14K II Mistral Major. The prototype was completed slowly, and first took to the air in late 1938. Test flights of the prototype were impressive; the plane could reach 510 km/h at 4000 m (317 mph at 13,000 ft) which was respectable at the time, though not up to the contemporary Supermarine Spitfire or Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. In comparison the P.24E was almost 450 kg lighter, yet over 80 km/h slower even though it used the same engine. The IAR.80 also proved to be a delight to fly and highly maneuverable. The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used primarily by the RAF and many Allied countries through the Second World War and into the 1950s. ... German Airfield, France, 1941 propaganda photo of the Luftwaffe, Bf 109 fighters on the tarmac The Messerschmitt Bf 109 was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt in the early 1930s. ...

A number of minor problems turned up during the prototype phase, and were dealt with over the next year. To improve power the design was updated to mount the newer 930 hp (690 kW) C36 version of the K14-III. However this engine was slightly heavier than the C32, which required the fuselage to be stretched to move the center of gravity back into the proper position in relation to the wing. The extra space in the fuselage was put to good use by increasing the size of the fuel tanks to 455 l (100 imp gallons). The wing was also enlarged and the tail was revised to eliminate the bracing struts. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...

Since the space was inserted behind the engine, the cockpit ended up further back on the plane. A side effect of this extreme rearward position was that the pilot had even worse forward visibility while taxiing than most other taildraggers. To address this somewhat, the pilot's seat was raised slightly and a bubble-style canopy was added.

The updated prototype was tested competitively against the Heinkel He 112, which had just arrived in Romania as the start of a potentially large order. Although the He 112 was somewhat more modern and much more heavily armed with two machine guns and two 20 mm cannon, the IAR.80 with its considerably more powerful engine completely outclassed it in all other respects. The ARR was impressed and ordered 100 of the new fighters on December 18, 1939. Orders for additional He 112s beyond the original thirty were cancelled. The Heinkel He 112 was a fighter aircraft designed by Walter and Siegfried Günter at Heinkel. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

IAR.80

Production of the IAR.80 was to start immediately, but providing the armament proved to be a serious problem. The prototype had mounted only two Belgian-made Fabrique Nationale 7.92 mm machine guns, a licensed modification of the Browning 30 cal. This armament suite was clearly not heavy enough for combat use, and the production model was supposed to mount six of these guns. The German invasion of Belgium and the Low Countries in 1940 ended the supply of the FN guns, and there was no indigenous machine gun that was suitable for use in aircraft. Lacking armament, production was put on hold. Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often known as Fabrique Nationale and abbreviated simply as FN, is a well-known firearm manufacturer that originated in the Belgian city of Herstal, near Liège. ... The Browning M1919 was a . ...

It wasn't until November 1940 when Romania joined the Axis that the Germans eventually allowed the delivery of the guns to resume. As a result the first production IAR.80 didn't roll off the line until January 1941, although the first batch of twenty had been quickly delivered by the middle of February. The new armament supply still wasn't enough to fully equip the planes, so the production models only carried four guns. The production models also included new oxygen gear.

The initial batch of fighters was well received by the Romanian pilots, but they considered the aircraft underpowered and lacking firepower. In order to address the power issue the planes mounted the 960 hp (716 kW) K14-IV C32 engine in the 21st through 50th examples, but there was little they could do about the firepower issue at the time.

IAR.80A

In April of 1941 the Romanians were firmly in the German sphere, and as a result the Germans released more of the FN guns for their use. These were quickly incorporated into the design, and the resulting 80A model finally mounted the original design compliment of six guns. The design also added armored glass to the windscreen, armor to the seat-back, and a new gunsight.

They also took this opportunity to mount the newer 1025 hp (764 kW) K14-1000A engine. The extra engine power proved to be more than the fuselage structure was designed to handle, and it had to be reinforced with a duralumin "belt" just behind the cockpit in the first ninety-five A series aircraft built before the fuselage could be modified.

Although the IAR.80A had a more powerful engine, the added weight of the guns, ammunition and armor plating actually reduced the top speed slightly to 316 mph (509 km/h). Nevertheless the new model was clearly an advancement, and the A model replaced the earlier one on the assembly line starting with the 51st airframe. Eight of these had been completed in time for the invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

Even the release of more of the FN guns couldn't make up the entire needed supply, so throughout late 1941 and early 1942, guns from the PZLs and some observation aircraft were stripped and used in the IARs.

IAR.81

The ARR had been intending to replace its light strike and dive bomber aircraft for some time when the war opened in 1941. The first role was to be filled by the IAR.37 (and later 38 and 39 models) but the plan was to fill the second role with the Junkers Ju 87. Once again the Germans deferred and the ARR was left searching for an airplane. The modification of the existing IAR.80 as a dive bomber was seen as a reasonable response, easier than designing an entirely new aircraft – as well as having all of the obvious production benefits. A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy. ... The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was a Sturzkampfflugzeug (German: , literally plunging combat aircraft) in World War II, easily recognisable by its inverted gull wings, fixed undercarriage and wailing siren — though these were only fitted to a few aircraft because of the extra drag induced on the rather slow aircraft. ...

The IAR.81 was developed as a result. The design was a rather modest change to the IAR.80A models that were then in production, adding a hinging bomb cradle under the centerline to throw a 225 kg (500 lb) bomb clear of the propeller (many dive bombers used a similar system). Delivery consisted of a shallow dive from about 3000 to 1000 m (10,000 to 3,000 ft) with the speed around 470 km/h (290 mph). The pilots found the plane unfavorable though, as the drag from the bomb cradle was enough to seriously hamper performance.

Fifty of the design were ordered in the middle of 1941. After the first forty were delivered, a further modification was added to the design to mount a 50 kg (110 lb) bomb in racks under each wing. The wing racks could also mount 100L drop tanks, allowing the 81 to be used in the long-range fighter role.

IAR.80B

Combat over the Soviet Union proved that even six of the FN guns still lacked punch, and once again the design was modified to increase the firepower. In this case 13.2 mm FN machine guns in use in Romanian SM.79s were stripped from those planes and added to the IAR.80 in a new lengthened wing. The result was the IAR.80B, which also introduced new radio gear, an area where the plane had previously been weak. The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian: sparrowhawk) was important Italian bomber of World War II. The three engine airplane was well made, and performed well both as a torpedo and medium bomber. ...

Fifty of the new design were completed, including twenty airframes which were originally intended to be IAR.81As. These last twenty were thus able to carry a 50 kg (110 lb) bomb or a 100L (26.4 gallon) drop tank under each wing. The entire series were delivered between June and September 1942. 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

IAR.81A

As the fighter model was converting from the A to B series with the addition of the 13.2 mm guns, likewise the 81 model was upgraded in the same fashion, creating the IAR.81A. By this point the only distinguishing feature between the 80B and the 81A was the 81's centerline bomb rack, and both planes were being built on a common assembly line.

The first order for 81As was cancelled and the airframes were instead delivered to fighter units as 80B's as mentioned earlier. Efforts to obtain the Ju 87 continued to drag on, so a second batch of IAR.81As was ordered much later in May 1943 to replace losses. Once again fate intervened, and the Germans released the Ju 87 for delivery before the batch could be completed. Like the first batch, these ten airframes were again stripped of the centerline bomb rack and delivered as fighters. Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

IAR.81B

The supply of the 13.2 mm guns was clearly limited, and in a further attempt to increase the firepower of the design the Romanians signed a deal with Ikaria in Germany for a supply of 20 mm MG FF/M cannons. These were in turn a licensed version of the famous Swiss Oerlikon FF, which had been in use in various German aircraft with a thin-walled shell with extra explosive. The new gun also required a redesign of the wing, a problem that should have been fixed with a more flexible mounting during the 80B project. The MG FF was a drum-fed 20 mm aircraft cannon developed in 1936 by Oerlikon and license-produced in Germany. ... The FF were a series of 20 mm autocannon introduced by Oerlikon in the late 1920s. ...

The resulting sixty IAR.81B models were originally intended to be dive bombers, but were delivered as fighters without the centerline bomb rack instead. After the first ten were completed, self-sealing tanks were added along with improved seat-back armor. The first ten were delivered in December 1942 and the entire order was completed by April 1943.

IAR.81C

The final stage in the IAR.80's wartime history was the 81C. This version changed the guns once again, this time to the Mauser MG 151/20 which was replacing the MG FF/M in German service and had just been released for Romanian use. The order for the 81C was placed in May of 1942, predating the second order of the 81As.

The first order for 100 airframes was delivered, like all of the prior updates to the 81 series, with the centerline bomb rack removed to be used as fighters. An additional order for thirty-five was placed in February 1943, and then another fifteen in January 1944. These planes were primarily to replace losses in earlier models, while production of the Bf 109G ramped up.

IAR.80M

By 1944 the ARR fighter units included examples of 80A B and C models, as well as 81A, B and Cs. In order to up-gun the earlier planes as well as simplify logistics and maintenance, an upgrade program was started in mid-1944 to bring all existing airframes to the 81C armament suite of two MG 151/20s and four FN 7.92s. The resulting A and B models of the 80 and 81s would become the 80M and 81M respectively, although at this point there were no dive bombers in use so the difference in naming is interesting. It's unclear how many of these conversions were completed.

IAR.80DC

Various IAR.80s soldiered on in Romanian service until 1949, when they were replaced by La-7s and Yak-9s. At that time the airframes with the lowest hours were modified by removing one of the fuel tanks in front of the cockpit and inserting another seat, resulting in a training aircraft called the IAR.80DC. These were used for only a short time before being replaced by other Soviet aircraft in late 1952. Lavochkin La-7 This article is about the WW2 Soviet airplane. ... Related content Related development: Yak-1 - Yak-3 - Yak-7 - Yak-11 Comparable aircraft: Designation sequence: Yak-6 - Yak-7 - Yak-8 - Yak-9 - Yak-10 - Yak-11 - Yak-12 Categories: Aircraft stubs | Soviet fighter aircraft 1940-1949 ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Further developments

IAR realized that the Mistral Major was at the limits of its development potential even by the middle of 1941, when the 1000A model reached the same ultimate output as the original Gnome-Rhône versions. An ongoing program to fit the IAR.80 with a more powerful engine had been in the works for most of the design's lifetime, but this proved to be a fruitless endeavor.

The most obvious choice for a new engine would be the BMW 801 used in the Fw 190. This engine produced a full 600 hp (447 kW) more power, and although it was heavier, it was of roughly the same size as the K14. IAR engineers estimated that a BMW powered IAR.80 would have a maximum speed of at least 600 km/h (373 mph). But as always the Germans were unable to supply the engine as every example coming off the line was needed for installation in a German airframe. Licensed production was likewise out of the question, the engine production was in the midst of being ramped and the demand was so great that not even one set of jigs could be spared. The BMW 801 was a powerful German air-cooled radial aircraft engine built by BMW and used in a number of German military aircraft of World War II. The engine’s cylinders were in two rows of seven cylinders each, the bore and stroke were both 156 mm, giving...

Another attempt was made to fit the Junkers Jumo 211 to the airframe, although this engine was also in high demand in Germany. However in this case the SM.79Bs in FARR service already used the engine, so some were available for testing. One 1220 hp (910 kW) 211Da was taken —complete with cowling and ring radiator— from a SM.79 and fitted to an IAR.80 in 1942. The concept was abandoned after the first test flight however, when the in-flight vibrations proved to be so bad that the engine was idled and the plane landed, never to be flown again. The Jumo 211 was an inverted V-12 aircraft engine, Junkers Motorens primary aircraft engine of World War II. It was the direct competitor to the famous Daimler-Benz DB 601 and closely paralleled its development. ... The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Italian: sparrowhawk) was important Italian bomber of World War II. The three engine airplane was well made, and performed well both as a torpedo and medium bomber. ...

Operators

 Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force

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Specifications

IAR.80

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
• Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 16 m² (172.16 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1780 kg (3,924 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2250 kg (4,960 lb)
• Powerplant: × IAR K14-IV C32 air-cooled 14-cylinder double-row radial, 716 kW (960 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 510 km/h at 4000 m (275 knots, 317 mph at 13,000 ft)
• Range: 940 km (507 nm, 580 mi)
• Service ceiling: 10,500 m (34,500 ft)

Armament

• 4 × FN (Browning) 7.92 mm with 500 rounds each mounted in the inner portion of the wing

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IAR.80A

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 9.22 m (30 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 9.09 m (29 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.82 m (12 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 17 m² (183 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1617 kg (3,565 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2248 kg (4,957 lb)
• Powerplant: × IAR K14-1000A air-cooled 14 cylinder double-row radial , 764 kW (1025 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 510 km/h (274 knots, 316 mph)
• Range: 1150 km (621 nm, 715 mi)
• Service ceiling: 9,500 m (31,200 ft)
• Wing loading: 132.35 kg/m² (27.1 lb/ft²)

Armament

• 6 × FN (Browning) 7.92 mm with 500 rounds each mounted in the inner portion of the wing

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IAR.81C

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 9.22 m (30 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 9.09 m (29 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.82 m (12 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 17 m² (183 ft²)
• Empty weight: 2200 kg (4,850 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2980 kg (6,570 lb)
• Powerplant: × IAR K14-1000A air-cooled 14 cylinder double-row radial , 764 kW (1,025 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 550 km/h at 7000 m (297 knots, 342 mph at 22,965 ft)
• Range: 730 km on internal fuel only (394 nm, 454 mi)
• Service ceiling: 9500 m (31,200 ft)
• Wing loading: 132.35 kg/m² (27.1 lb/ft²)

Armament

• 2 × 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon and 4 × 7.92 mm FN machine guns mounted in the inner portion of the wing

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Notes

One source states that the IAR.81Bs that were delivered as fighters were actually referred to as IAR.80C in service, reflecting the fact that they were used as fighters instead of bombers. It's unclear if this was the case, and as the later 81C model definitely did not receive a "modified name" in the same fashion, it's unlikely this was true.

References

• The Hodgepodge from Romania: The Story of the IAR 80 and 81, Jason Long, World War II (magazine)

External links

• The I.A.R.80 Story

Source

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