Piper PA-29

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Piper PA-29 papoose
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Type: Trainer aircraft
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Piper Aircraft Corporation

First flight:

April 30, 1962

Production time:

Project discontinued

Number of pieces:

1

The Piper PA-29 Papoose was a single - engine, low - wing aircraft produced by the US aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation , which was intended to be used as a training aircraft . However, the project was discontinued after a built copy. The airframe consisted entirely of fiberglass-reinforced plastic and plastic sandwich components .

history

The origins of the development of the PA-29 go back to May 5, 1958 when Piper initiated a program that dealt with the development of alternative materials for the aircraft structure. For this purpose, Robert Drake, an expert in the field of glass fiber reinforced plastics, was hired as manager of the "Piper Plastic Division" in Vero Beach . The prototype, which took off on its maiden flight on April 30, 1962, was also manufactured here; two other planned machines were no longer built.

construction

A characteristic of the construction was the use of large, one-piece structural components, so the wing consists of a complete lower and upper shell. The fuselage is also made up of two continuous half-shells. Instead of separate ailerons and flaps, so-called flaperons were used over the entire span of the PA-29 . These can be deflected by 30 ° as landing flaps and used in opposite directions as ailerons. The pilot and student pilot / passenger sat next to each other under a sliding hood.

Technical specifications

  • Wingspan: 7.62 m
  • Length: 6.55 m
  • Height: 2.13 m

See also

literature

  • John WR Taylor (Ed.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft - 1965-66 , Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ltd., London, 1965, p. 292