PZL.16
PZL.16 | |
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Role | Passenger plane |
Manufacturer | Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze |
First flight | 1932 |
Status | Prototype |
Primary user | Poland |
Number built | 1 (prototype) |
The PZL.16 was a Polish passenger aircraft, designed in the early 1930s in the PZL in Warsaw. It remained a prototype.
Development
The plane was designed in 1931 as a small passenger plane for 4 passengers, ordered by the Polish Ministry of Communications. The main designer was Stanisław Prauss of the PZL works. The new plane utilized parts of PZL Ł.2 liaison plane, including the wing, tail, landing gear and engine (the factory manufactured more PZL Ł.2 parts, than aircraft ordered). The only prototype was flown in the beginning of 1932.
Design
PZL.16 was a high-wing braced
It had a 9-cylinder air-cooled Polish
Operational history
The plane was to take part in a contest for a successor of
Stanisław Prauss next designed a preliminary design of a fast mail plane PZL.17, a counterpart of PWS-54. It was based on the PZL.16, differing in aerodynamically refined fuselage and cantilever wing, but it remained in sketches.
Specifications (PZL 16 estimated)
Data from Polish Aircraft 1893–1939[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 4
- Length: 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in)
- Height: 2.59 m (8 ft 6 in)
- Empty weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,450 kg (3,197 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Polish-Skoda J-5 Whirlwind9-0cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi)
- g limits: +7 ultimate
- Wing loading: 56 kg/m2 (11 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.069 hp/lb (0.113 kW/kg)
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ISBN 0-370-00085-4.
Further reading
- Glass, Andrzej (1977). Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939 (Polish aviation constructions 1893-1939) (in Polish). Warsaw: WKiŁ.
External links
- "PZL PZL-16". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.