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{{Short description|Maritime patrol flying boat}}
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name=SH-5
 |image=Chinese_Shuihong_5_amphibious_aircraft.jpg
 |caption=
 |type=Maritime patrol amphibian/air-sea rescue
 |manufacturer=[[Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation|Harbin Aircraft Factory]]
 |designer=
 |first_flight=3 April 1976<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/sh-5.htm|title=PS-5 / SH-5 - Shuishang Hongzhaji (Maritime Bomber)|author=John Pike|access-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425235446/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/sh-5.htm|archive-date=25 April 2015}}</ref>
 |introduction=1986
 |retired=
 |status=
 |primary_user=[[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]]
 |more_users=
 |produced=[[1984 in aviation|1984]]-[[1985 in aviation|1985]]
 |number_built=7 <ref name="The Harbin SH-5">{{cite web|url=http://www.airvectors.net/avps1.html|title=The Shin Meiwa PS-1 / US-1 / US-2 & Harbin SH-5 Flying Boats|access-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228094300/http://www.airvectors.net/avps1.html|archive-date=28 December 2014}}</ref>
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The '''Harbin SH-5''' ({{zh|s=水轰五型|p=Shuǐhōng wǔxíng|l=water bomb type 5}}, where "水轰" is short for {{zh|s=水上轰炸机|p=Shuǐshàng hōngzhàjī|l=seaborne bomber|labels=no}}) is a Chinese [[Maritime patrol aircraft|maritime patrol]] [[amphibious aircraft]] intended for a wide range of duties, including [[aerial firefighting]], [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) and [[Search and rescue|air-sea rescue]] (ASR).  One prototype and six production aircraft have been built.

==Design and development==
Research to build a seaplane capable of replacing [[Beriev Be-6]]s in service was initiated by the PLANAF in 1968, with designers reassigned from "Objective 3/17", a supersonic canard-wing fighter project. The first prototype flew in 1976; further units were delivered between 1986 and 1990.

==Variants==
[[File:Harbin SH-5.jpg|thumb|Harbin SH-5 on display at China Aviation Museum - Beijing, China]]
;SH-5B Firefighter
:One SH-5 was rebuilt for firefighting duties.<ref name="The Harbin SH-5"/>

:However, by a Chinese source, there were total of 7 SH-5 were produced: 3 SH-5X Prototype, 3 Maritime patrol aircraft, and 1 SH-B Firefighter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdmd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CDMD-10487-1013015208.htm|title=某型水上飞机水动力性能数值验证研究|access-date=4 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204124054/http://cdmd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CDMD-10487-1013015208.htm|archive-date=4 February 2015}}</ref>

==Operators==
;{{PRC}}
* [[People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force]] received 4 aircraft in 1986.<ref name="The Harbin SH-5"/> All are operated by the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] [[North Sea Fleet]] from an aircraft base near [[Qingdao]], [[Shandong]] province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specialaircraft/sh5.asp|title=shenzhou_01|work=SinoDefence|access-date=4 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318044615/http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specialaircraft/sh5.asp|archive-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>

==Specifications (SH-5)==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide,<ref>{{cite book|title=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide|last=Rendall|first=David|pages=[https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505 505]|year=1995|isbn=978-0-00-470980-2|publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers|location=Glasgow, UK|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505}}</ref> Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89<ref name=JAWA88-89>{{cite book|title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft|year=1988|publisher=Jane's information Group|location=London|isbn=0-7106-0867-5|editor=John W.R. Taylor}}</ref>
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|empty weight kg=25,000
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|empty weight note= SAR (Search And Rescue) and Transport<br />
::::{{convert|26,500|kg|lb|abbr=on}} ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare)
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|max takeoff weight kg=45000
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|fuel capacity={{convert|16,500|kg|lb|abbr=on}} max
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|eng1 number=4
|eng1 name=[[Dongan WJ5]]A
|eng1 type=turboprop engines
|eng1 kw=2350
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|prop blade number=4
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|rot number=<!-- helicopters -->
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|max speed kmh=
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|max speed kts=300
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|max speed mach=<!-- supersonic aircraft -->
|cruise speed kmh=
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|cruise speed kts=243
|cruise speed note=maximum
* '''Min Patrol speed:''' {{convert|230|km/h|kn mph||abbr=on}}
* '''Take-off speed (water):''' {{convert|160|km/h|kn mph||abbr=on}}
* '''Landing speed (water):''' {{convert|92|km/h|kn mph||abbr=on}}
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|range nmi=2568
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|endurance=15 hours on two engines
|ceiling m=10250
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|glide ratio=<!-- sailplanes -->
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|sink rate ms=<!-- sailplanes -->
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|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=250
|wing loading lb/sqft=
|wing loading note=at {{convert|36,000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
::::312.5 kg/m<sup>2</sup> (64 lb/sqft) at {{convert|45000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
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|power/mass=0.302 kW/kg (0.184 hp/lb) at {{convert|36,000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<br />
::::0.242 kW/kg (0.147 hp/lb) at {{convert|45000|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|thrust/weight=

|more performance=
* '''Take-off run (water):''' {{convert|548|m|ft||abbr=on}}
* '''Landing run (water):''' {{convert|240|m|ft||abbr=on}}
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|hardpoints=4 |hardpoint capacity={{convert|6,000|kg|lb|abbr=on}} of [[C-101]] ASMs, ASW torpedoes, depth charges; mines; bombs

|avionics=Doppler search radar in nose radome; MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detector) boom extending from the tail of the fuselage
}}

==See also==
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|see also=
* [[AVIC AG600]]
|similar aircraft=
* [[Beriev Be-12]]
* [[Shin Meiwa US-1A]]
* [[ShinMaywa US-2]]
}}

==References==
{{Commons category|Harbin SH-5}}
;Notes
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
* {{cite book|title=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide|last=Rendall|first=David|pages=[https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505 505]|year=1995|isbn=978-0-00-470980-2|publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers|location=Glasgow, UK|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/janesaircraftrec0000rend/page/505}}
* {{cite book|title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft|year=1988|publisher=Jane's information Group|location=London|isbn=0-7106-0867-5|editor=John W.R. Taylor}}
* [http://www.airvectors.net/avps1.html ''The Harbin SH-5'']
* [http://cdmd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CDMD-10487-1013015208.htm ''某型水上飞机水动力性能数值验证研究''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204124054/http://cdmd.cnki.com.cn/Article/CDMD-10487-1013015208.htm |date=2015-02-04 }}
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/sh-5.htm  ''PS-5 / SH-5 - Shuishang Hongzhaji (Maritime Bomber)'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130318044615/http://www.sinodefence.com/airforce/specialaircraft/sh5.asp ''SH-5 Amphibious Aircraft'', Chinese Defence Today]

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