Zlín Z-142
| Zlín Z-142 | |
|---|---|
 Polish Z-142 |
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| Type: | Sports and training aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: |
Zlín (Moravan) |
| First flight: |
December 29, 1978 |
| Commissioning: |
1980 |
| Production time: |
1978-1992 |
| Number of pieces: |
335 |
The Zlín Z-142 is a multi-purpose aircraft from the former Czechoslovak, now Czech manufacturer Zlín in Otrokovice . It is used as a training and sports aircraft , is fully suitable for aerobatics and is also suitable for towing gliders .
history
The Z-142 was developed as a further development of the Z-42 by Jiři Navratil and Miroslav Kojecky. Compared to its predecessor, the aircraft has a cockpit canopy that can be pushed forward, improved instrumentation and a fuselage that is 24 centimeters longer. An Avia M-337AK engine with 155 kW take-off power and an automatically adjustable V-500A metal propeller is used as the drive .
The first flight took place on December 29, 1978 with Zdenek Polaśek, series production began in 1980 and ended in 1992 after 335 units. The Z-142 was exported to the FRG, the GDR, Algeria, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Canada, Cuba, Poland, Romania, Hungary and South Africa. The 57 Z- 142s purchased by Algeria on the basis of a government agreement from 1987 were delivered in individual parts and assembled at l'Entreprise de Construction Aéronautique de Tafraoui and put into service as Fernas-142 as a military beginner's trainer.
The successor model is the Z-242 , which has been in production since 1992 .
technical structure
The Z-142 is a cantilever all - metal low- wing aircraft with a rigid nose wheel landing gear. The cladding of the center fuselage section and the engine as well as the tips of the wing and tail unit are made of GRP . The wings show a slight negative arrow. There is a stabilizing fin (false keel) in front of the vertical stabilizer. The struts of the landing gear are made of spring steel, the wheels are equipped with disc brakes and the nose wheel has an hydropneumatic shock absorber.
Users
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Algeria : 57 (as Fernas-142) -
Angola : 4 (Z-142C / AF) -
Bolivia : 1 (Z-142C / AF) -
Bulgaria : 2 -
Germany : 3 -
Yugoslavia : 1 -
Cuba : 12 -
Poland : 62 -
Sweden : 1 (Z-142C / AF) -
South Africa : 2 Z-142 + 4 Z-142C / AF -
Czech Republic : 8 (Z-142C / AF) -
Czechoslovakia : 157 -
Hungary : 41 -
United States / Canada : 13 (Z-142C / AF)
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Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1-2 |
| length | 7.33 m |
| Wingspan | 9.16 m |
| height | 2.75 m |
| Wing area | 13.2 m² |
| Wing extension | 6.4 |
| Wing loading | 82.9 kg / m² |
| Empty mass | 730 kg |
| Maximum take-off mass |
Aerobatics 970 kg, training flight 1020 kg, normal flight 1090 kg |
| drive | a 6-cylinder in- line Avia M-337AK engine |
| power | 155 kW (approx. 210 PS) |
| Top speed | 230 km / h |
| Cruising speed | 215 km / h |
| Tear-off speed | 102 km / h with flaps |
| Rate of climb | maximum 5.5 m / s near the ground |
| Minimum speed | 102 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4250 m |
| Range | maximum 940 km with 1090 kg takeoff weight |
literature
- Detlef Billig, Tobias Harzendorf: Zlin ... In: type show . No. 03 . TOM-Modellbau, Friedland 2006, ISBN 3-939439-02-9 .
- Hans-Joachim Mau: Czechoslovak aircraft . Transpress, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00121-3 .
- Wilfried Copenhagen , Jochen K. Beeck: The large aircraft type book . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-613-02522-1 .
