Largest Single Engine Airplane?

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meritflyer

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I was thinking about this tonight...

Does anyone know of what the largest SE airplane (prop or jet) ever built was?
 
F-105 Thunderchief I think?

MTOW 52,000 lbs according to Wikipedia.

As far as turboprops maybe the Air Tractor 802. MTOW 16,000 lbs according to their website.

Pistons probably the AN-2. MTOW 12,000 lbs according to Wikipedia.
 
Crazy.......

If one drops in the search string "largest single engine airplane" into google this thread is #7. And it's only been a thread for 20 minutes.
 
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TallFlyer said:
If one drops in the search string "largest single engine airplane" into google this thread is #7. And it's only been a thread for 20 minutes.
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Off topic: Which is why I get a kick out of people that send requests for the mods to delete or otherwise modify posts of theirs or others they don't like......maybe there's info they don't want out etc. Yet what they don't know is that these threads/posts are Google cached pretty quickly, so it makes no difference anyway!

Return to topic....
 
I think, outside of the F-105 and other military stuff, that it is the new Air Tractor AT-1002. I think it has a MTOW and Max Landing Weight of 20,000 lbs or so and it has a 1,060 gallon hopper.

It is this months cover story on Ag Air Update.
http://www.agairupdate.com/

First Flight:
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AirVenture said:
It doesn't beat the Air Tractor's MTOW, but in shear size the Antonov AN-2 is larger. It's taller, longer, and has about the same wingspan (top wing). It is for sure, the largest single-engine bi-plane!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-2
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I would so very much love to fly one of those. I've always thought it is a cool plane, plus it could be very practical, if the FAA would have done the right thing (let it be operated as a non-experimental). Probably would be awesome in Alaska. Plus, what better way to get the up close parking at Oshkosh and Sun'N'Fun?
 
There was an AN2 at the airport I worked at for years. The thing was HUGE. Last I knew someone was going to restore it into better condition. The pilot\owner said it was airworthy but I never saw it fly, nor would I fly in it. Cool airplane though.
 
The A-1H Skyraider had a max. takeoff weight of 25,000 lbs. from a single 2,700 shp R-3350-26WA.
 
Minuteman said:
The A-1H Skyraider had a max. takeoff weight of 25,000 lbs. from a single 2,700 shp R-3350-26WA.
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Hands down, my most favorite airplane, and it is a monster.

This one is from VA25 before they transitioned to the A-7
 

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Minuteman said:
The A-1H Skyraider had a max. takeoff weight of 25,000 lbs. from a single 2,700 shp R-3350-26WA.
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In my post I specified "other military equipment".

BillErvin said:
Hands down, my most favorite airplane, and it is a monster.

This one is from VA25 before they transitioned to the A-7
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Thanks to Minuteman for adding the Skyraider. I feel like you - if I were going to own a warbird I think I would have a Skyraider or an Avenger. Love them both.
 
Some sites list the "Thud" at 54.5 and it was a big, single engine machine. Count the steps on the ladder to get an idea of how big it was...
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About as bad-assed as jet fighters can possibly be right there.

That's the '57 Chevy of fighters. Big led sled with an enormous engine.
 
Haven't researched it yet, but what about the Russian long distance airplane from the 30s (?) that would overfly the north pole from Russia to the US? IIRC it had a ~110ft wingspan.

Edit: ANT-25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_ANT-25
MTOW ~25000, so not the heaviest. Span is 111ft, though. Amazing what useless info I can retain from Discovery Wings 10 years ago....

As an aside, a google search with the terms 'Russian' and 'single' gives some interesting responses, as you could probably imagine.
 
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