Pazmany PL-1
Pazmany PL-1 / PL-2 | |
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Type: | Trainer aircraft |
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First flight: |
March 23, 1962 |
The Pazmany PL-1 Laminar and Pazmany PL-2 are two-seat training aircraft and were designed by Ladislao Pazmany .
history
The PL-1 was the first design by Ladislao Pazmany, a design engineer at General Dynamics . It should be marketed for amateur construction. The prototype was built by John Green and Keith Fowler and flew for the first time on March 23, 1962. Up to then 5000 construction and 4000 construction hours had been expended. This prototype had to be written off on June 23, 1991 after an emergency landing due to a broken propeller blade.
The Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) acquired the plans and built a PL-1 for evaluation purposes, with the maiden flight on October 26, 1968. AIDC then produced 58 aircraft under the designation PL-1B for the Air Force of the Republic of China with a 150 hp (112 kW) Avco Lycoming O-320 engine. An improved version, called the PL-2, followed later.
construction
The PL-1 is a cantilever low-wing aircraft with a fixed nose wheel landing gear . It has two seats next to each other and is powered by a 95 HP (71 kW) Continental C-90 piston engine.
variants
- PL-1 laminar
- The original design for amateur construction
- PL-1B
- License built by AIDC with a 150 PS (112 kW) Avco Lycoming O-320 engine, 58 built.
- PL-2
- Revised design, more rounded and wider cockpit, wing set higher.
- LT-200
- License construction near Lipnur in Indonesia.
Military users
- Indonesia : LT 200
- Taiwan : PL-1B
- Sri Lanka
- South Vietnam : 1
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data (PL-1B) |
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crew | 1 |
Passengers | 1 |
length | 5.88 m |
span | 8.53 m |
height | 2.31 m |
Wing area | 10.78 m² |
Empty mass | 410 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 730 kg |
Cruising speed | 220 km / h |
Top speed | 245 km / h |
Service ceiling | 4570 m |
Range | 450 km |
Engines | 1 × Avco Lycoming O-320 engine with 150 PS (112 kW) |
literature
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, 1985, Orbis Publishing, p. 2694
Web links
- Pazmany PL-1 on de.avia.pro , accessed on February 22, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ John WR Taylor (ed.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft - 1965-66 , Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London, 1965, p. 285
- ↑ Loss of the prototype N4081K on June 23, 1991
- ↑ Data from de.avia.pro , accessed on February 22, 2017