Harbin SH-5

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title: "Harbin SH-5" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["harbin-aircraft", "1980s-chinese-patrol-aircraft", "flying-boats", "amphibious-aircraft", "four-engined-tractor-aircraft", "four-engined-turboprop-aircraft", "high-wing-aircraft", "aerial-firefighting-aircraft", "aircraft-first-flown-in-1976", "twin-tail-aircraft", "aircraft-with-retractable-tricycle-landing-gear"] description: "Chinese maritime patrol flying boat" topic_path: "geography/china" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_SH-5" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Chinese maritime patrol flying boat ::

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Field	Value
name	SH-5
image	Chinese_Shuihong_5_amphibious_aircraft.jpg
type	Maritime patrol amphibian/air-sea rescue
manufacturer	Harbin Aircraft Factory
first_flight	3 April 1976
introduction	1986
primary_user	People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
produced	1984–1985
number_built	7
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The Harbin SH-5 (, where "水轰" is short for ) is a Chinese maritime patrol amphibious aircraft intended for a wide range of duties, including aerial firefighting, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and 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-6s 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

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Harbin_SH-5.jpg" caption="Harbin SH-5 on display at China Aviation Museum - Beijing, China"] ::

;SH-5B Firefighter :One SH-5 was rebuilt for firefighting duties.

: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.

Operators

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• People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force received 4 aircraft in 1986. All are operated by the People's Liberation Army Navy North Sea Fleet from an aircraft base near Qingdao, Shandong province.

Specifications (SH-5)

|ref=Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89 |prime units?=met General characteristics

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|crew=8 |capacity=10000 kg maximum payload (cargo), 6,000 kg maximum weapons load |length m=38.9 |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=36 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |upper span m= |upper span ft= |upper span in= |upper span note= |mid span m= |mid span ft= |mid span in= |mid span note= |lower span m= |lower span ft= |lower span in= |lower span note= |swept m= |swept ft= |swept in= |swept note= |dia m= |dia ft= |dia in= |dia note= |width m= |width ft= |width in= |width note= |height m=9.79 |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=144 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |swept area sqm= |swept area sqft= |swept area note= |volume m3= |volume ft3= |volume note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=25,000 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= SAR (Search And Rescue) and Transport

::::26,500 kg ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) |gross weight kg=36000 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg=45000 |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity=16,500 kg max |lift kg= |lift lb= |lift note= |more general= Powerplant

|eng1 number=4 |eng1 name=Dongan WJ5A |eng1 type=turboprop engines |eng1 kw=2350 |eng1 hp= |eng1 shp= |eng1 kn= |eng1 lbf= |eng1 note= |power original= |thrust original= |eng1 kn-ab= |eng1 lbf-ab=

|eng2 number= |eng2 name= |eng2 type= |eng2 kw= |eng2 hp= |eng2 shp= |eng2 kn= |eng2 lbf= |eng2 note= |eng2 kn-ab= |eng2 lbf-ab=

|eng3 number= |eng3 name= |eng3 type= |eng3 kw= |eng3 hp= |eng3 shp= |eng3 kn= |eng3 lbf= |eng3 note= |eng3 kn-ab= |eng3 lbf-ab= |more power=

|prop blade number=4 |prop name=constant speed reversible propellers |prop dia m=3.8 |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note=

|rot number= |rot dia m= |rot dia ft= |rot dia in= |rot area sqm= |rot area sqft= |rot area note= Performance

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|max speed kmh= |max speed mph= |max speed kts=300 |max speed note= |max speed mach= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts=243 |cruise speed note=maximum

• Min Patrol speed: 230 km/h
• Take-off speed (water): 160 km/h
• Landing speed (water): 92 km/h |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kmh= |minimum control speed mph= |minimum control speed kts= |minimum control speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi=2568 |range note=with maximum fuel |combat range km= |combat range miles= |combat range nmi= |combat range note= |ferry range km= |ferry range miles= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance=15 hours on two engines |ceiling m=10250 |ceiling ft= |ceiling note=service ceiling |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=9 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=250 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note=at 36,000 kg

::::312.5 kg/m2 (64 lb/sqft) at 45000 kg |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass=0.302 kW/kg (0.184 hp/lb) at 36,000 kg

::::0.242 kW/kg (0.147 hp/lb) at 45000 kg |thrust/weight=

|more performance=

• Take-off run (water): 548 m
• Landing run (water): 240 m Armament -- |hardpoints=4 |hardpoint capacity=6,000 kg 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

References

;Notes ;Bibliography

• The Harbin SH-5
• 某型水上飞机水动力性能数值验证研究
• PS-5 / SH-5 - Shuishang Hongzhaji (Maritime Bomber)
• SH-5 Amphibious Aircraft, Chinese Defence Today

References

1. John Pike. "PS-5 / SH-5 - Shuishang Hongzhaji (Maritime Bomber)".
2. "The Shin Meiwa PS-1 / US-1 / US-2 & Harbin SH-5 Flying Boats".
3. "某型水上飞机水动力性能数值验证研究".
4. "shenzhou_01". SinoDefence.
5. Rendall, David. (1995). "Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide". HarperCollinsPublishers.
6. (1988). "Jane's all the World's Aircraft". Jane's information Group.

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