SZD-14x Jaskółka M
The SZD-14X Jaskółka M was a single-seat glider designed and built in Poland at Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny - Glider Experimental Works in Bielsko-Biała in 1954. This was an experimental prototype, and only one unit was constructed.[1]
Development
The SZD-14X Jaskółka M was developed from the SZD-8bis Jaskółka (Swallow) for research into the construction, control and characteristics of 'V' or butterfly tail surfaces.[2] Using the airframe of the second prototype SZD-8 a 'V' tail was added to the rear fuselage, with arrangements for the balance of the surfaces and the angle between them to be adjusted as required.[1] The designer was Tadeusz Kostia, the constructor was Władysław Okarmus.[3]
First flown by Adam Zientek at Bielsko on 23 July 1954,[3] the SZD-14 was found to be easy to fly with no vices, giving no indication that the tail layout was unconventional.[1] During spinning tests the rear fuselage was almost torn off, but the pilot (Dziurzyński) managed to regain control and recovered the aircraft to land safely.[2]
Up to the time of the SZD-14's debut, the 'V' tail system was rare, with few aircraft using the system devised by Eng. Jerzy Rudlicki and demonstrated on a licence-built Hanriot HD.14 biplane in the early 1930s.[4]
Specifications (SZD-14x Jaskółka M)
Data from http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/pszd14.htm
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.48 m (21 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 13.6 m2 (146 ft2)
- Aspect ratio: 18.8
- Wing profile: NACA 23012A
- Empty weight: 288 kg (635 lb)
- Gross weight: 373 kg (822 lb)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
- Stall speed: 59 km/h (37 mph)
- Maximum glide ratio: 26.3 @ 80 km/h (43 kts/50 mph)
- Rate of sink: 0.7 m/s (138 ft/min)
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Standard Austria
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://www.piotrp.de/SZYBOWCE/pszd14.htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Simons, Martin. Sailplanes 1945-1965 2nd revised ed. EQIP Werbung und Verlag G.m.b.H.. Königswinter. 2006. ISBN 3-9807977-4-0
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Babiejczuk, Grzegorzewski. Polski przemysł lotniczy 1945-1973, p. 120
- ↑ Cynk, Jerzy B.. “Polish Aircraft 1893–1939”. London, Putnam. 1971. ISBN 0-370-00085-4
- Taylor, J. H. (ed) (1989) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions: London. p. 29
- Cynk, Jerzy B.. “Polish Aircraft 1893–1939”. London, Putnam. 1971. ISBN 0-370-00085-4
- Simons, Martin. Sailplanes 1945-1965 2nd revised edition. EQIP Werbung und Verlag G.m.b.H.. Königswinter. 2006. ISBN 3-9807977-4-0
- (Polish) Babiejczuk, Janusz and Grzegorzewski, Jerzy. Polski przemysł lotniczy 1945-1973 [Polish aerospace industry 1945-1973]. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo MON, 1974
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