Beneš-Mráz Beta-Minor

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name=Be-50 Beta-Minor


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type=Sports plane
manufacturer=Beneš-Mráz
designer=Pavel Beneš and Jaroslav Mráz
first flight=1935
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variants with their own articles=The Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor was a light airplane manufactured in Czechoslovakia shortly before World War II. First flown in 1935, it was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction, with tandem open cockpits and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. The aircraft proved popular with Czechoslovakia's aeroclubs and was successful in international competitions. In 1937, the designers created a modernised version, the Be-51, which featured a reduced wingspan and fully enclosed cockpits. A final variant, the Be-52 Beta-Major retained the Be-50's open cockpits but featured improved aerodynamics and a more powerful Walter Major engine.

Like other Czechoslovakian aircraft, all available machines were impressed into Air Force service at the outbreak of war. Several Be-51s survived to be used by the German Luftwaffe as liaison aircraft and trainers during the occupation.

Variants

* Be-50 Beta-Minor
* Be-51 Beta-Minor
* Be-52 Beta-Major

pecifications (Be-50)

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crew=one pilot
capacity=1 passenger
length m=7.76
length ft=25
length in=5
span m=12.16
span ft=39
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height m=1.80
height ft=5
height in=11
wing area sqm=16.3
wing area sqft=175
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empty weight kg=460
empty weight lb=1,014
gross weight kg=730
gross weight lb=1,609

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eng1 type=Walter Minor
eng1 kw= 71
eng1 hp= 95
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max speed kmh=195
max speed mph=121
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range km=750
range miles=466
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ceiling m=5,200
ceiling ft=17,060
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References

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* Němeček, V. (1968). "Československá letadla". Praha: Naše Vojsko.

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