PADC Defiant

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Defiant
Role Trainer and light attack aircraft
National originPhilippines
Manufacturer Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation
Design groupGold Wings Aviation
Built byGold Wings Aviation
First flight22 February 1988
StatusCancelled
Primary user Philippine Air Force
Number built1 complete and 1 incomplete prototype

The PADC Defiant was a trainer and light attack aircraft formerly developed by the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation to reduce dependence on second-hand aircraft for the Philippine Air Force. [1]

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Development

In 1981, Gold Wings Aviation conceived an aircraft research and development undertaking called the Norlindo program, named after one of its first engineers. The program covered a progressive development of a high-performance trainer primarily intended for use by the PAF. The program was launched as an innovative step to build an aircraft of local design and utilizing indigenous materials. Gold Wings initiated preliminary design of a twin-engine turboprop named Norlindo and even began conceptual design of a turbojet trainer called Tinihaban Superstrike under the All-Filipino Technology Aircraft (AFTA) project. Out of these experiences, a single, piston engine trainer aircraft was conceived, designed, built and flown within three years.

The Defiant 300 prototype flew twice, the first on February 1987. [2] The Defiant project came out to be an excellent collaborative effort of a group of aeronautical engineers, aviation enthusiasts, government agencies and research institutions. The Ramos administration in 1997 renamed the Defiant project to Centennial and was given green light alongside the PADC Hummingbird helicopters. [3]

Based on the successful flights of the prototype, Gold Wings planned to build another prototype of a modified Defiant (appropriately named Defiant 500) with an all-metal airframe and power rating increased to 500 hp. Due to lack of financial support from the government, the plan did not push through, including another design of a light aircraft called Pegasus, which was presented to the Philippine Army as a contender for the proposed Philippine Army aviation arm. [4]

Design

The two-seat tandem Defiant prototype (registered as RP-X239) was an exceptional technical arrangement of various systems and parts taken from different types of aircraft in the PAF inventory. The landing gears, flight controls and flaps motor were taken from the Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, seats from the Cessna U-17B, rudder and brake pedals from the Boeing-Stearman PT-13 and various instrument items from the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, T-34 Mentor, Sikorsky S-76 and SIAI-Marchetti SF.260. The Defiant was powered by a single Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 piston engine on loan from the PADC, the same engine that powers the BN-2 Islander. The prototype had the highest engine power rating of all the prototypes of local design flown so far.

Noteworthy were several original features designed and fabricated by the engines with technical support from several persons and companies. The airframe was fabricated from wood and fiberglass with a Lycoming engine. [5] The engine mount was fabricated from chrome molybdenum steel. Most significant of all was the fabrication and assembly of a one-piece plastic canopy. Fuel tanks were constructed with 5052-H34 aluminum alloys. Instrument panel, electrical, hydraulic and pitot-static systems were laid out with the help of reference books and articles. [4]

Variants

Defiant 300
The first prototype, powered by a single Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 piston engine, which had its maiden flight on February 22, 1988. [4]
Defiant 500
The second prototype, with an all-metal airframe and a 500 hp engine, was not finished due to lack of financial support from the government. [4]

Aircraft on display

Specifications (Defiant 300)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91 [7]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

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  2. ↑ "FAILED DREAMS - The Defiant and Hummingbird Projects". timawa.net. Archived from the original on 9 February 2004. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Phil. Aerospace Dev't Corporation & The Indigenous Aircraft Revival". Pitz Defense Analysis. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ferreras, Ernesto Jr. "The Making of the Defiant 300". aeroengineer101.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "gulftoday.ae | Philippines to close aerospace agency for inactivity". web.archive.org. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ↑ Banzon, Jojo (January 1, 2014). "Philippine Aerospace R&D, Engineering and Manufacturing History". scribd.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Lambert, Mark, ed. (1990). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Defence Data. p. 191. ISBN   0-7106-0908-6.
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