PZL M-2

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name =M-2
type =Trainer aircraft
manufacturer =WSK-Mielec


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first flight =26 June, 1958
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status = Prototype
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number built = 2 prototypes
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variants with their own articles = PZL M-2 was a Polish trainer aircraft prototype of 1958, a low-wing monoplane with a fixed gear, designed in WSK-Mielec, that did not enter production.

Design and development

The M-2 was designed as a trainer aircraft for the Polish Aero Club in newly created construction bureau of WSK Mielec factory. Main designer was Stanisław Jachyra. The first prototype was flown on 26 June, 1958 (registration SP-PAC), the second on 13 September that year (SP-PBA).

The plane had quite modern, all-metal construction, but its drawback was an imported inline engine Praga Doris, causing vibration and not fit to aerobatics, what limited aircraft use. It was considered to fit the plane with the Polish flat engine Narkiewicz WN-6, but it was only in development stage then (eventually it was never perfected). Due to problems with engine choice, works upon the aircraft delayed, and in a meantime, te Polish Aero Club changed its preferences to aircraft with a tricycle landing gear and withdrew its interest. As a result, the plane did not enter production and further works were abandoned. A development of the M-2 was PZL M-4 Tarpan, with a rectractable tricycle landing gear.

Survivors

The first prototype (SP-PAC) is stored in the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków (disassembled), the second prototype (SP-PBA) is preserved as a monument in Radomyśl Wielki near Mielec.

Specifications

Description

Metal construction low-wing monoplane, conventional in layout, metal covered. Semi-monocoque fuselage. Trapezoid wings, two-spar, fitted with flaps. Crew of two, sitting in tandem, under a common canopy, with double controls (student in front, instructor in the rear). Fixed conventional landing gear. Flat engine in front, two-blade tractor propeller, 2.3 m diameter. Fuel tanks in wings - 120 l.

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
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crew=1, instructor
capacity=1, student
length main=7.62 m
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span main=9.5 m
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height main=3.01 m
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area main=13.62 m²
area alt= ft²
empty weight main=788 kg
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max takeoff weight main=1,067 kg
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engine (prop)=Praga M208B Doris
type of prop= air-cooled 6-cylinder inline engine
number of props=1
power main=220 HP
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max speed main=253 km/h
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cruise speed main= 206 km/h
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stall speed main= 105 km/h
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range main=600 km
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ceiling main=5475 m
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climb rate main=6.3 m/s
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ee also

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*PZL M-4 Tarpan
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*Zlin 226

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References

* [http://www.modelarstwo.org.pl/_OLD/lotnicze/dokumentacja/historia/pzl_m2/index.html Jakub Marszałkiewicz - Samolot szkolno-treningowy PZL-M2]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other/m2.html PZL M-2 at Ugolok Neba] ru icon
*Janusz Babiejczuk, Jerzy Grzegorzewski: "Polski przemysł lotniczy 1945-1973", Warsaw 1973 pl icon

External links

* [http://www.modelarstwo.org.pl/_OLD/lotnicze/dokumentacja/historia/pzl_m2/index.html Photos and drawings]