PIK-5

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PIK-5
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PIK-5b in Finnish Aviation Museum
Role Training gliderTemplate:Short description
National origin Finland
Manufacturer Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho
Designer Kaarlo J. Temmes
First flight September 1946
Number built 34

The PIK-5 was a training glider produced in Finland in the 1940s, and 1950s,[1] equipping the country's gliding clubs with an aircraft greater in performance than primary gliders but less than competition sailplanes.[2]

The PIK-5 had a pod-and-boom configuration, with a high, strut-braced monoplane wing and a cruciform tail carried at the end of a tail boom that extended from a position high on the aft end of the pod.[3]

History

The prototype first flew in September 1946,[4] and testing continued until it was badly damaged in a crash in summer 1948[5] Over the subsequent months, the wings were repaired, and a new fuselage constructed to a revised design. This was completed the following winter, and flights recommenced.[5] However, this aircraft, now known as the PIK-5B, was destroyed in a crash in summer 1951.[5]

Again, it was rebuilt with modifications, particularly to the wing structure, resulting in the PIK-5C version.[5] This version first flew on 5 July 1952,[5] and went on to become the pattern for around 30 similar machines that would be built over the ensuing years.[4]

Variants

  • PIK-5
  • PIK 5A
  • PIK-5B
  • PIK-5C

Specifications (PIK-5C)

Data from Karhulan Ilmailukerho website : PIK-5c Cumulus (OH-151),[6] The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II[7]

General characteristics

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Notes

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  1. Taylor 1989, p.726
  2. Hardy 1982, p.74
  3. "PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"
  4. a b "PIK-5c Cumulus (OH-151)"
  5. a b c d e Tiusanen 1952, P.12
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