Utva 60

Utva 60
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Type:	Liaison and training aircraft
Design country:	Yugoslavia
Manufacturer:	Utva
First flight:	April 22, 1959

The Utva 60 ( Serbian - Cyrillic Утва 60 ) is a liaison aircraft from the Yugoslav manufacturer Utva , which was manufactured for both military and civil purposes.

History and construction

Branislav Nikolić and Dragan Petković were responsible for the development. On April 22, 1959, the prototype, the Utva 56, equipped with a Lycoming GO 435 C2B2 piston engine of 260 hp, took off for its maiden flight. The flight tests were successful. For series production, the aircraft was equipped with a Lycoming O-480 engine and was named Utva 60. Its first flight took place in March 1962. The Utva 60 is an all-metal monoplane with a fixed tail wheel chassis and could also be equipped with floats or skis.

variants

Utva 56 - prototype
Utva 60-AT1 - four-seater basic version as a touring aircraft, can also be used for cargo and connecting flights, as a parachutist drop-off aircraft and for towing gliders
Utva 60-AT2 - version with double control as a training aircraft
Utva 60-AG - agricultural version with equipment for spraying, sprinkling, atomizing, misting, fertilizing and sowing
Utva 60-AM - ambulance version with two stretchers and one seat for medical staff
Utva 60-H - seaplane with two floats BIN-1600, a reinforced fuselage and a more powerful Lycoming GO-480-G1A6 engine with a three-bladed Hartzell metal propeller

Military use

Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia
Cambodia Cambodia
Croatia Croatia
Republika Srpska Republika Srpska

Technical specifications

Parameter	Utva 56	Utva 60-AG	Utva 60-AT1	Utva 60-AM	Utva 60-H
use	prototype	Agricultural aircraft	Travel and liaison aircraft	Ambulance aircraft	Float plane
crew	1
Passengers	3	-	3	2 lying / 1 sitting	3
length	8.25 m	8.22 m
span	11.40 m
height	2.67 m	2.72 m			k. A.
Wing area	18.08 m²
Wing extension	7.19
V position	2 °
profile	NACA 4412 modified
Wing loading	k. A.	90-95.50 kg / m²	80-85.50 kg / m²		108 kg / m²
Power load	k. A.	6.23 kg / hp	5.57 kg / hp		6.50 kg / hp
Empty mass	830 kg	1002 kg	952 kg	986 kg	1360 kg
Payload	460 kg	728 kg	588 kg	556 kg	590 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	1290 kg	1730 kg	1448 kg	1540 kg	1950 kg
Top speed	260 km / h	238 km / h	252 km / h	238 km / h	223 km / h
Cruising speed	230 km / h	219 km / h	230 km / h	219 km / h	205 km / h
Minimum speed	79 km / h	66 km / h	73 km / h	66 km / h	85 km / h
Climb performance	6.00 m / s	6.20 m / s	6.40 m / s	6.20 m / s	3.60 m / s
Service ceiling	6000 m	4900 m	5200 m	4900 m	2800 m
Max. Range	700 km	750 km	780 km	750 km	660 km
Take-off run	100 m	93-128 m	92 m	93 m	310 m
Engine	1 × six-cylinder piston engine Lycoming GO-435 C2B2 with two-bladed variable pitch propeller Hartzell HC-83 × 20IB	1 × six-cylinder piston engine Lycoming GO-480 G1H6 with two-bladed variable pitch propeller Hartzell HC-A2 × 20-1 B / 101 33-3			1 × six-cylinder piston engine Lycoming GO-480 G1A6 with three-blade controllable pitch propeller from Hartzell
power	191 kW (260 hp)	200 kW (272 hp)			217 kW (295 hp)

literature

Heinz A. F. Schmidt: Airplanes from all over the world. Volume I . 3rd revised edition. Transpress, Berlin 1970, p. 124 .
Heinz A. F. Schmidt: Airplanes from all over the world. Volume II . 2nd revised edition. Transpress, Berlin, p. 88 .
David Donald (ed.): The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft . Leicester, UK: Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X .
Albert Grandolini: "L'Aviation Royale Khmere: The first 15 years of Cambodian military aviation". Air Enthusiast , Thirty-seven, September-December 1988. Bromley, UK: Fine Scroll. ISSN 0143-5450 . Pp. 39-47.
" Sport and Business ". Flight , September 25, 1959, p. 305.
JWR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 . London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.

Web links

UTVA-60 (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ Airplanes from all over the world: UTVA-60 . In: Heinz A. F. Schmidt (Ed.): Flieger-Jahrbuch 1967 . Transpress, Berlin 1966, p. 136 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jane’s All The World's Aircraft 1965–66 Taylor 1965, pp. 344–345.
↑ " UTVA 56/60 Aircraft history performance and specifications ." Pilot friend . Retrieved December 21, 2009.
↑ ^a ^b Aero-Sport No. 1/1965

[1] Airplanes from all over the world: UTVA-60 . In: Heinz A. F. Schmidt (Ed.): Flieger-Jahrbuch 1967 . Transpress, Berlin 1966, p. 136 .

[Janes_65_p344-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jane’s All The World's Aircraft 1965–66 Taylor 1965, pp. 344–345.

[3] " UTVA 56/60 Aircraft history performance and specifications ." Pilot friend . Retrieved December 21, 2009.

[Aerosport-4] Aero-Sport No. 1/1965