PIK-11

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PIK-11 Tumppu
PIK-11 Tumppu.JPG
PIK-11 Tumppu in Finnish Aviation Museum
RoleSport aircraft
National originFinland
Manufacturer Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho
First flight15 March 1953
Number built4

The PIK-11 Tumppu ("Mitten") was a single-seat, single-engine sport aircraft developed in Finland in the 1950s. [1] It was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. [2] It was to be the first powered aircraft produced by Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho, [1] [a] with the objective being building an aircraft for club use that was cheap to build and easy to fly. [2]

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Design work was started in 1948 by Kai Mellen and Ilkka Lounanmaa under the direction of Professor Arvo Ylinen. [2] The first of four machines made its first flight on 15 March 1953. [2] The prototype is preserved at the Finnish Aviation Museum, [4] and another example was still listed on the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority registry in 2008. [5]

In the early 21st century, a flying replica was under construction, to be powered by a Rotax 912 engine. [6]


Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1955-56 [7] & [8]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. A Grunau Baby sailplane had been converted into a motorglider in 1949 as the PIK-10 Moottoribaby. [3]
  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p.726
  2. 1 2 3 4 "PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"
  3. Green & Pollinger 1965, p. 33
  4. "Item Collection: Aircraft"
  5. Summary of the Finnish Aircraft Register 2008, Part I page 44
  6. <"Lentokoneen rakennusprojekti PIK-11 'Tumppu'"
  7. Bridgman, Leonard (1955). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1955-56. London: Jane's all the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd.
  8. "Lentokoneen rakennusprojekti PIK-11 "Tumppu"" (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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