Sikorsky S-4
The Sikorsky S-4 was a Russian aircraft built by Igor Sikorsky using many components of the S-3 including the 40 hp (30 kW) Anzani three-cylinder engine. Construction of the biplane began in late December 1910 and was completed early in the spring of 1911. The machine appeared in a static display at an aeronautical exhibition at Kharkov in the spring of 1911, but was never flown. Some time afterward it was disassembled.[1][2]
| S-4 | |
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| S-4 displayed at an exhibition in Kharkov in the spring of 1911 | |
| Role | Experimental | 
| National origin | Russian Empire | 
| Designer | Igor Sikorsky | 
| Introduction | 1911 | 
| Status | disambled | 
| Number built | 1 | 
| Developed from | Sikorsky S-3 | 
Specifications
    
Data from Russian Aviation Museum[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
 - Length: 26 ft 3 in (8 m)
 - Upper wingspan: 29 ft 6 in (9 m)
 - Wing area: 300 sq ft (28 m2)
 - Empty weight: 573 lb (260 kg)
 - Gross weight: 794 lb (360 kg)
 - Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 3 -cylinder air-cooled fan piston engine, 40 hp (30 kW)
 
Performance
References
    
- Sikorsky, Igor (1944). The Story of the Winged-S. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. p. 43. ISBN 9781258163556.
 - "Sikorsky S-4 1911". www.aviastar.org. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
 - "S-4". ram-home.com. 4 September 1997. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
 
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