Avia BH-29
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| BH-29 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Trainer |
| Manufacturer | Avia |
| Designed by | Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn |
| Maiden flight | 1927 |
The Avia BH-29 was a trainer aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927, in the hope of marketing it to both the Czechoslovakian Army, and to Czechoslovakian Airlines as a primary trainer. It was a conventional design, an unequal-span biplane of wooden construction and with tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem open cockpits.
When no interest was shown in the aircraft domestically, Avia undertook a promotional tour where the aircraft was demonstrated in eighteen European countries, but this did not result in any sales either and no more than a handful were built.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: two, pilot and instructor
- Length: 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 25.0 m² (269 ft²)
- Empty weight: 830 kg (1,830 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,090 kg (2,400 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter NZ 85 radial, 85 kW (63 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 90 km/h (145 mph)
- Range: 600 km (370 miles)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min)
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 86.
- Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
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