PZL Bielsko SZD-42
| SZD-42 Jantar 2 / SZD-42-2 Jantar 2b | |
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| Type: | Glider |
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| First flight: |
2nd February 1976 |
| Number of pieces: |
168 (including 146 Jantar 2b) |
The PZL Bielsko SZD-42 Jantar ( German Bernstein ) 2 is a single-seat Polish high-performance glider made of GRP in the open class . It is equipped with flaps.
construction
The aircraft is based on Jantar 1 or Jantar Standard , but has a larger wingspan of 20.5 meters. The inner wing was taken over almost unchanged from the Jantar 1, the outer one was extended and given a different profile. Instead of a T-tail, a cross tail was used again.
The SZD-42-2 Jantar 2b is an improved variant with modified wing geometry, larger water ballast tanks and an improved landing gear.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Jantar 2 | Jantar 2 B |
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| span | 20.50 m | |
| Wing area | 14.24 m² | 14.30 m² |
| Wing extension | 29.2 | |
| profile | Strak Fx-67K170 to Fx-67K150 | |
| Hull length | 7.11 m | 7.20 m |
| height | 1.76 m | |
| Empty weight | 356 kg | |
| Max. Take-off weight without water ballast | ? kg | 482 kg |
| Max. Take-off weight m. Water ballast | 580 kg | 649 kg |
| Max. Water ballast | ? l | 167 l |
| Max. Wing loading | 41.00 kg / m² | 44.69 kg / m² |
| Minimum speed | 70 km / h | 63 km / h |
| V NE | 250 km / h | 200 km / h |
| Min. Sink rate | 0.46 m / s at 80 km / h | 0.46 m / s at 75 km / h |
| Glide ratio | approx. 47 at 80 km / h | approx. 50 at 87 km / h |
| g limits | +5.3 g / −2.65 g | |
| Glider index | 113 | |
Comparable aircraft
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Piotr Piechowski: SZD-42 Jantar 2 / 2b. Retrieved May 4, 2012 .
- ^ Thomas Wilberg: PZL Bielsko / SZD SZD 42 Jantar 2a. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008 ; Retrieved May 4, 2012 .