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TeST TST 9 Junior

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Wingspan
  
12 m

The TeST TST-9 Junior is a Czech shoulder-wing, single-seat motor glider that was designed and produced by TeST of Brno. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as plans, in kit form for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft. Production is now complete and the aircraft is no longer available new.

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Design and development

The TST-9 Junior was a development of the TST-7 Junior touring motor glider, incorporating a T-tail and other design refinements. The 12.4 m (40.7 ft) span, shoulder-mounted wing is slightly forward-swept. The wing has less span than the TST-7 Junior and consequently the aircraft has a lower glide ratio. The landing gear is of tricycle configuration, making taxiing the aircraft much easier than the monowheel gear used on the TST-1 model. The aircraft was later further refined into the TST-13 Junior.

The price for a completed ready-to-fly aircraft in 2004 was €22,240.

Specifications (TST-9 Junior)

Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Wingspan: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 10 m2 (110 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 175 kg (386 lb)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed feathering
  • Performance

  • Stall speed: 63 km/h (39 mph; 34 kn)
  • Never exceed speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn)
  • Maximum glide ratio: 20:1 at 90 km/h (56 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (900 ft/min)
  • Rate of sink: 1.5 m/s (300 ft/min)
  • References

    TeST TST-9 Junior Wikipedia