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Avia BH 29

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Top speed
  
90 km/h

Length
  
7.4 m

Manufacturer
  
Avia

Wingspan
  
9.8 m

First flight
  
1927

Designers
  
Pavel Beneš, Miroslav Hajn

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. A more powerful version was built, powered by a 120 hp (89 kW) Walter NZ-120 radial engine.

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.

Specifications (NZ-85 engine)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 25 m2 (270 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 830 kg (1,830 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,090 kg (2,403 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Walter NZ-85 7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 63 kW (85 hp) rated power, 75 kW (100 hp) for take-off
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
  • Range: 600 km (373 mi; 324 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min)
  • References

    Avia BH-29 Wikipedia