PZL-105 Flaming
PZL-105 Flaming (Flamingo) is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie". It remained a prototype.
Design and development
The PZL-105 was designed as a successor to a successful utility aircraft PZL-104 Wilga, more modern and economical and offering increased transport capacity. The design was initially called Wilga 88. It retained high-wing layout of the PZL-104 and side doors opening upwards, but it is a completely new plane. Comparing to the PZL-104, it has six-place cab instead of four-place and wings are supported with single struts. The plane was intended for a variety of purposes, like glider towing, parachute training, transport, air ambulance, patrolling, crop dusting (with 500 kg of chemicals). Also a seaplane variant was intended.
The first prototype, powered with 265 kW (360 hp) Russian M-14P radial engine, was flown on 9 November 1989 (markings SP-PRC). An intended designation of a serial variant was PZL-105M. The second prototype, designated PZL-105L, was fitted with a flat engine 298 kW (400 hp) Lycoming IO-720. It was flown on 27 July 1991 (markings SP-PRD). There was also made one prototype for static trials.
Problems with funding at the outbreak of 1980s and 1990s, connected with a change of political system in Poland, and a priority of PZL-130 Orlik trainer program, caused, that the Flaming program was suspended and the production has not started. The factory developed a new variant of PZL-104, the Wilga 2000 with Lycoming I0-540 flat engine instead.
The first prototype is in a colection of the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków.
Description
Metal construction braced high-wing monoplane, conventional in layout, duralumin covered. Semi-monocoque fuselage. Rectangular single-spar wings, fitted with Fowler flaps and slotted flaperons. Six seat cabin, in three rows, with large side doors, opening upwards. Conventional fixed landing gear with tail wheel, the main gear is made of composite spring legs. Two-blade or three-blade (PZL-105L) metal propeller. Fuel tanks in wings (270 l).
Specifications (PZL-105L)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 pilot
- Capacity: 5
- Fuel - 270 l
Performance
Related content
Related development PZL-104 Wilga
References
- Andrzej Glass: Samoloty '94, Grupa IMAGE, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 83-85461-19-1