The Škoda-Kauba Sk 257 was a Czechoslovakian-built fighter trainer monoplane built by Škoda-Kauba Flugzeugbau for the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....

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Development

The Škoda-Kauba Flugzeugbau produced a prototype fighter-trainer the Škoda-Kauba V4, it was a single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) Argus As 10C-3

Argus As 10

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 engine with a retractable tailwheel landing gear

Conventional landing gear

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. The German Reichsluftfahrtministerium ordered four prototypes with a more powerful 485 hp Argus As 410

Argus As 410

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 engine and allocated the designation Sk 257. The four prototypes performed well and the type was ordered into production but the build quality of the prototypes did not pass the Luftwaffe quality control inspections and after only five aircraft had been built the order was cancelled.

Specifications

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