Zlín Z-226
| Zlín Z-226 | |
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| Type: | School and sport aircraft |
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| First flight: |
1955 |
| Commissioning: |
1955 |
| Production time: |
1955-1961 |
| Number of pieces: |
364 |
The Zlín Z-226 was a Czechoslovak trainer aircraft .
development
It was largely identical to the previous Zlín Z-126 , the main difference was the more powerful engine. The prototype first flew in 1955.
The Z-226B Bohatýr (Recke) for glider tow appeared as the first series version in the same year . It had no instrumentation in the front cabin, only a seat, which compared to the main version Z-226T reduced the weight by 45 kilograms and increased the climbing performance to 7.2 meters per second.
The main version, the Z-226T Trenér , intended as a training and sports aircraft, was produced from 1956 and was the most popular Z-226 with 252 units built. It was sold in 19 states and also flown in the military under the designation C-205 . As a trainer, she had dual controls .
The single-seat aerobatic aircraft Z-226A Akrobat and Z-226AS Akrobat Spezial also went into series production, some of which were also exported. A total of 364 Z-226 were built.
The Z-226 was the last aircraft in the Trenér series with rigid landing gear. The successor was the Zlín Z-326 from 1956.
Users
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Egypt : 50 -
Argentina : 1 -
German Democratic Republic : 46 -
Germany : 3 -
Finland : 1 -
Iraq : 1 -
Austria : 2 -
Romania : 2 -
Switzerland : 1 -
Soviet Union : 72 -
Czechoslovakia : 166 -
Hungary : 11 -
Vietnam : 8
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Z-226T Trenér 6 | Z-226B Bohatýr |
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| Manufacturer | Zlínská Letecká Akciová Společnost (Moravan) | |
| Year of construction (s) | 1956–1961 (overall) | |
| length | 7.5 m | |
| Wingspan | 10.3 m | |
| height | 2.1 m | |
| Wing area | 14.9 m² | |
| drive | a 6-cylinder in- line engine Walter Minor 6-III with a rigid two-blade wooden propeller (Ø 2.05 m) |
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| power | 118 kW (160 PS) at 2500 rpm | |
| Top speed | 220 km / h | 200 km / h |
| Cruising speed | 195 km / h | 180 km / h |
| Minimum speed | 88 km / h | 75 km / h |
| Landing speed | 73 km / h | |
| Climb performance | 5.5 m / s | 7.0 m / s |
| Service ceiling | 6000 m | 7000 m |
| Range | 480 km | 720 km |
| Take-off / landing runway | 120 m / 145 m | 85 m / 90 m |
| Preparation mass | 570 kg | 525 kg |
| Payload | 248 kg | 281 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 818 kg | 806 kg |
| crew | 2 (flight instructor / student pilot) | 1 (+ 1 emergency seat) |
literature
- Detlef Billig, Tobias Harzendorf: Zlin ... In: type show . No. 3 . TOM-Modellbau, Friedland 2006, ISBN 3-939439-02-9 .
- Heinz A. F. Schmidt: Airplanes from all over the world . 3rd revised edition. Transpress, Berlin 1970, p. 19 .
