PZL TS-16 Grot
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The TS-16 Grot (Arrowhead) was a supersonic striker /military jet trainer and ground attack plane in another versions designed in Poland by Tadeusz Sołtyk-designer of earlier TS-8 Bies and TS-11 Iskra- the first in 100% polish jet (without any foregein support from East- what it was received very cold on Kremlin in USSR; or West-what is obvious,because Poland was under Soviet prottection) . The project was started in 1958 and cancelled in 1964 for unknown reasons before production could start, although a prototype designated TS-16RD was built. The plane used Soviet RD-9B engines from the MIG-19 although an indigenous engine called the SO-2 was also in development. The production version was to have two engines, although the TS-16RD prototype built had only one.
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[edit] Variants
- TS-16A single seat attack version
- TS-16B two-seat trainer
- TS-16RD early prototype
[edit] Specifications
- Length: 14.3 m
- Wingspan: 7 m
- Height: 4.2 m
- Wing area: 19.2 m²
- Empty weight: 3190 kg
- Total weight: 4950 kg
- Max speed: 1460 km/h
- Ceiling: 14,000 m
- Range: 2200 km
- Armament: two 23 mm cannons (one on trainer version), unguided bombs and rockets on underwing pylons