PZL-105 Flaming

infobox Aircraft
name =PZL-105 Flaming
type =Utility aircraft
manufacturer =PZL Warszawa-Okęcie



caption =PZL-105 at the Polish Aviation Museum
designer =
first flight =9 November 1989
introduced =
retired =
status =Prototype
primary user =Polish civilian aviation
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produced =
number built =2 (prototypes)
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PZL-105 Flaming ("Flamingo") is a Polish short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie". It remained a prototype.

Design and development

The PZL-105 was designed as a successor to a successful utility aircraft PZL-104 Wilga, more modern and economical and offering increased transport capacity. The design was initially called Wilga 88. It retained high-wing layout of the PZL-104 and side doors opening upwards, but it is a completely new plane. Comparing to the Wilga, it has six-place cab instead of four-place and wings are supported with 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.

The first prototype, powered with 265 kW (360 hp) Russian M-14P radial engine, was 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.

Problems with funding at the outbreak of 1980s and 1990s, connected with a change of political system in Poland, and a priority of PZL-130 Orlik trainer program, caused, that the Flaming program was suspended and the production has not started. The factory developed a new variant of PZL-104, the Wilga 2000 with Lycoming I0-540 flat engine instead.

urvivors

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

pecifications (PZL-105L)

Description

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, in three rows, 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).

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=1 pilot
capacity=5
length main=8.67 m
length alt=28 ft 5¼ in
span main=12.97 m
span alt=42 ft 6½ in
height main=2.87 m
height alt=9 ft 5 in
area main=16.90 m²
area alt=182 ft²
empty weight main=1,150 kg
empty weight alt=2,530 lb
loaded weight main=1,850 kg
loaded weight alt=4,070 lb
useful load main=700 kg
useful load alt=1,540 lb
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
more general=
*Fuel - 270 l

engine (prop)=Lycoming IO-720-A1B

type of prop= air-cooled flat engine
number of props=1
power main=298 kW
power alt=400 hp

max speed main=260 km/h
max speed alt= 140 knots, 161 mph
max speed more=
cruise speed main= 235 km/h
cruise speed alt=127 knots, 146 mph
stall speed main= 102 km/h
stall speed alt= 55 knots, 63 mph
range main=980 km
range alt= 529 nm, 609 mi
ceiling main=5,000 m
ceiling alt= 16,400 ft
climb rate main=5.6 m/s
climb rate alt=1,100 ft/min
loading main=109 kg/m²
loading alt=22.4 lb/ft²
power/mass main=0.161 kW/kg
power/mass alt=0.0982 hp/lb
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armament=

External links

* [http://lotnictwo.net/galselect.php?p=0&ui=133&mi=52&quer=1=1&ti=296&selectby=fotoID%20DESC&wpis= Photos at Lotnictwo.net]

References

*Andrzej Glass: "Samoloty '94", Grupa IMAGE, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 83-85461-19-1

ee also

aircontent
related=
PZL-104 Wilga

similar aircraft=

sequence=
PZL-101 -
PZL-102 -
PZL-104 - PZL-105 -
PZL-106 -
PZL-110

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