Aero A.200

Infobox Aircraft
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name=Aero A.200


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type=Sportsplane
manufacturer=Aero Vodochody
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first flight=1934
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primary user=Czechoslovakia
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produced=1934
number built=2
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variants with their own articles=The Aero A.200 was a sportsplane of Czechoslovakia, designed and built specifically to compete in Challenge 1934, the European touring plane championships. It was a four-seater low-wing monoplane.

Operational service

Flown in competition by Jan Ambrož, the A.200 took fourth place, beaten by the RWD-9 (that took both first and second places for Poland) and the Fieseler Fi 97 (from Germany). The other A.200, flown by Vojtěch Žaček, took the 14th place for 34 competitors. They carried registrations OK-AMA and OK-AMB.

In a technical evaluation, A.200s scored the 4th result from among aircraft types taking part in the Challenge. They had the best short take-off capabilities in the contest - A.200s needed 74.5-77.6 m to take off and fly over 8-m high gate, although they needed some 118 m to land from above the gate.

Description

Mixed construction low-wing monoplane, braced with wire. Fuselage of a steel frame, covered with wood and canvas, elliptical in cross-section. Rectangular wings of wooden construction, canvas covered, fitted with all-span slats and with flaps. Wings were folding rearwards. Cab had two seats side by side in front, with twin controls, and two seats in the rear, under a common multi-part canopy. Fixed landing gear with a rear skid. Radial engine in fuselage nose, with NACA cowling. Two-blade propeller.

pecifications (A.200)

aircraft specifications

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crew=1
capacity=3 passengers (incl. 2nd pilot)
length main=7.80 m
length alt=25 ft 7 in
span main=11.10 m
span alt=36 ft 5 in
height main=2.55 m
height alt= 8 ft 4⅜ in
area main=16.6 m²
area alt=178 ft²
empty weight main=560 kg
empty weight alt=1,200 lb
loaded weight main=950 kg
loaded weight alt=2,090 lb
useful load main= 390 kg
useful load alt=860 lb
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max takeoff weight alt=

engine (prop)=Walter Bora
number of props=1
type of prop=aircooled 9-cylinder radial engine
power main=161.7 kW
power alt=220 hp

max speed main=255 km/h
max speed alt=138 knots, 159 mph
cruise speed main=220 km/h
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stall speed main= <55 km/h
stall speed alt=30 knots, 34 mph
range main= 800 km
range alt= 432 nm, 500 mi
ceiling main=6,300 m
ceiling alt=21,000 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= 57.2 kg/m²
loading alt= 11.7 lb/ft²
power/mass main= 0.17 kW/kg
power/mass alt= 0.11 hp/lb

ee also

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*Fieseler Fi 97 - Breda Ba-42

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* List of sports planes

References

*Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 (Polish language)

External links

* [http://www.sampol.de/polski/Challenge/challenge_pl.htm Photo on Challenge 1934 page]