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Top speed
  
260 km/h

Length
  
8.67 m

Manufacturer
  
PZL

Wingspan
  
13 m

First flight
  
November 9, 1989

PZL-105 Flaming Polish Aviation Museum Cracow

PZL-105 Flaming (flamingo) is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie". It remained a prototype.

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Development

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The PZL-105 was designed as a successor to the successful utility aircraft PZL-104 Wilga, being more modern and economical and offering increased transport capacity. The design was initially called Wilga 88. It retained the high-wing layout of the PZL-104 and the upward-opening side doors, but it was a completely new aircraft. Compared with the Wilga, it has a six-seat cabin instead of four seats and the wings are supported by single struts instead of a cantilever design. The plane was intended for a variety of purposes, like glider towing, parachute training, transport, air ambulance, patrolling and crop dusting (with 500 kg of chemicals). Also, a seaplane variant was intended.

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The first prototype, powered by a 265 kW (360 hp) Russian M-14P radial engine, was first flown on 9 November 1989 (markings SP-PRC). An intended designation of a serial variant was PZL-105M. The second prototype, designated PZL-105L, was fitted with a flat engine 298 kW (400 hp) Lycoming IO-720. It was flown on 27 July 1991 (markings SP-PRD). There was also made one prototype for static trials.

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Problems with funding at the outbreak of the 1980s and 1990s, connected with a change of political system in Poland, and the priority of the PZL-130 Orlik trainer program, had caused the Flaming program to be suspended, and production of the type has yet to have started. The company developed a new variant of the PZL-104, the Wilga 2000 with Lycoming I0-540 flat engine instead.

Design

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Metal construction braced high-wing monoplane, conventional in layout, duralumin covered. Semi-monocoque fuselage. Rectangular single-spar wings, fitted with Fowler flaps and slotted flaperons. Six-seat cabin with three rows of seats, with large side doors opening upwards. Conventional fixed landing gear with tail wheel, the main gear is made of composite spring legs. Two-blade or three-blade (PZL-105L) metal propeller. Fuel tanks in wings (270 l).

Survivors

PZL-105 Flaming Polish Aviation Museum Cracow

The first prototype and the second prototype airframe (lacking engine) are in a collection of the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków.

Specifications (PZL-105L)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993-94

General characteristics

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  • Crew: 1 pilot
  • Capacity: 5
  • Length: 8.67 m (28 ft 5¼ in)
  • Wingspan: 12.97 m (42 ft 6½ in)
  • Height: 2.87 m (9 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 16.90 m² (182 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 1,850 kg (4,078 lb)
  • Fuel: 270 L (71.3 US Gallons)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-720-A1B air-cooled flat engine, 298 kW (400 hp)

    • Performance

  • Never exceed speed: 306 km/h (165 knots, 190 mph)
  • Maximum speed: 260 km/h (140 knots, 162 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 216 km/h (117 knots, 134 mph) (econ cruise)
  • Stall speed: 102 km/h (55 knots, 64 mph)
  • Range: 981 km (529 nm, 609 mi) at econ cruise speed
  • Service ceiling: 5,070 m (16,625 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 109 kg/m² (22.4 lb/ft²)
  • Power/mass: 0.161 kW/kg (0.0982 hp/lb)

    • References

    PZL-105 Flaming Wikipedia
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