Valmet L-80 Turbo-Vinha

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L-80
Type Trainer
Manufacturer Valmet
Introduced 1983
Retired 1990
Status cancelled
Number built one L-80, two L-90 prototypes

Valmet L-80 TP Turbo-Vinha was a prototype for a new Finnish turboprop basic trainer aircraft. The aircraft, which carried the designation OH-VBB was destroyed in a crash in 1985, killing the test pilot Paavo Janhunen. The aircraft was a further development of the Valmet L-70 Vinka and would eventually lead to the Valmet L-90 Redigo.

The Allison turboprop engine was used in the second plane, the L-90 TP Turbo-Vinha (OH-VTM). It was destroyed during an aerieal display in Belgium The third plane of the series (OH-VTP) got the new name Redigo or RediGo (used in sales brochures).

[edit] Specifications (L-80)

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two (pilot and instructor)
  • Length: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.25 m (33 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: m² (ft²)
  • Empty weight: kg (lb)
  • Loaded weight: kg (lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,900 kg (4,180 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× , ()

Performance

Armament

  • 1 × bomb

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