Aero VT 100
| Aero VT 100 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Glider |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
November 1955 |
| Number of pieces: |
8th |
The Aero VT 100 Demant (now also Moravan VT 100) is a single-seat high-performance glider of the open class of the Czechoslovak company Aero .
development
The design by Ladislav Smrcek, first referred to as the VSM-40, had its maiden flight in November 1955. The wooden aircraft has a retractable landing gear and wings that are equipped with water tanks, Fowler flaps and Schempp-Hirth airbrakes . With this aircraft, the pilot Vladislav Zejda set a world record in the target flight category on May 30, 1957 with a return of 518 km. Two restored aircraft of this type are still flown today.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| length | 7.35 m |
| span | 17.0 m |
| height | 2.2 m |
| Wing extension | 20th |
| Preparation mass | 280 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 440 kg |
| Top speed | 250 km / h |
| Minimum speed | 64 km / h |
| Glide ratio | 33 at 88 km / h |
| Slightest sinking | 0.69 m / s at 78 km / h |
Web links
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- Fliegerrevue , 1/2008, p. 67, ISSN 0941-889X