PIK-19

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PIK-19 Mihunu
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Type: Glider tug and trainer aircraft
Design country:

FinlandFinland Finland

Manufacturer:

Helsinki University of Technology

First flight:

March 26, 1972

Number of pieces:

1

The PIK-19 Mihunu was a glider tow plane developed by the Helsinki University of Technology .

History and construction

The PIK-19 was developed in the early 1970s. It was a two-seater cantilever low-wing aircraft designed in a conventional configuration with a closed cockpit and fixed nose wheel landing gear. The machine was made entirely of composite materials and flew for the first time in 1972. It was only the fourth aircraft in the world that was made of these materials.

The project was a joint development between the Finnish government and the Helsinki University of Technology. The “PIK” designation actually belongs to a series of designations that was used by the university's aviation club, the Polyteknikkojen ilmailukerho, for the gliders and motorized planes it built. Although the PIK-19 was not a project of the association, this name was chosen. The construction work began in 1969 under the direction of Jukka Tervamäki, Ilkka Rantasalo and Pekka Tammi. The prototype flew on March 26, 1972. However, plans for series production were never realized. The prototype, the only aircraft of this type ever built, flew about 5217 hours over the next 21 years and pulled around 40,000 gliders. In June 1994, however, the machine was destroyed in an accident when the engine failed at low altitude.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
length 6.90 m
span 10 m
height 2.60 m
Wing area 14 m²
Wing extension 7.1
Empty mass 560 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 840 kg
Cruising speed 220 km / h
Top speed 240 km / h
Service ceiling
Range 950 km
Engines 1 × piston engine Lycoming O-320-B2BC with 120 kW

See also

literature

  • John WR Taylor: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75 . Jane's Yearbooks. London 1974. ISBN 0-354-00502-2 .
  • Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London 1989. Studio Editions.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%204468.html?search=muhinu Flight International 1979, "Finnish Newcomer", p. 1900
  2. ↑ http://www.icon.fi/~jtki/airplane.html
  3. ↑ Taylor 1989, p. 726
  4. ↑ Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75