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Beneš Mráz Beta Scolar

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Top speed
  
250 km/h

Length
  
7.45 m

Designer
  
Pavel Beneš

Wingspan
  
11 m

Manufacturer
  
Beneš-Mráz

The Beneš-Mráz Be.252 Beta-Scolar was an aerobatic aircraft manufactured in Czechoslovakia shortly before World War II. Based on the Beneš-Mráz Beta-Minor, it had a structure considerably strengthened for aerobatics and a more powerful radial engine in place of the Beta-Minor's inline engine.

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Variants

  • Be.252C Beta-Scolar

    • Specifications

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    General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.45 m (24 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.966 m (36 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 14 m2 (150 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 610 kg (1,345 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 890 kg (1,962 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Walter Scolar 7-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 134 kW (180 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch wooden propeller

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph; 135 kn) at sea level
  • Cruise speed: 215 km/h (134 mph; 116 kn)
  • Range: 500 km (311 mi; 270 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 4.2 m/s (830 ft/min)

    • References

    Beneš-Mráz Beta-Scolar Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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