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Pteroslavian Kapriak Model 4 Ground Attack BiplanePreceded by: none
Succeeded by: Kapriak Model 5, ZAdP wz.17
ZAdP wz.16
Designer: KSS
Introduction: 1916
Length: 12.6 m
Wingspan: 23.4 m
Power: 2 x OMN wLS-7/L 170 kW each (340 kW total)
Top Speed: 162 km/h
Range: 650 km
Ceiling: 4,000 m
Armament: 2 x 8mm SKm wz.11 (800 rds carried) fixed forward,
1 x 8mm SKm wz.11 (400 rds carried) rear pintle mount
4 x 50 kg bombs in Summit 'Bomba Stojak' BS wz.16-4
Production: 122 in 1916 and 1917
Notes: Kapriak Aircraft Association's (KSS's) first military aircraft, the K.S.4 ground attack plane was a great success. With a decent range and easily serviceable engines, they had a good turn-around rate and were popular with their crews. The only gripe to be had was the occasional malfunction of the Summit Rotary Bomb Rack in the nose. This was corrected by the addition of an ejection mechanism, which would shunt the entire rack, enabling another, functional, rack to be put in it's place.
They were deemed obsolete in 1917, along with it's successor. All were released from active service by 1919. 12 were sold to Cipiria in 1919.
