PIK-15

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PIK-15 Hinu
PIK-15 Hinu at Nummela Airport, (EFNU) Cropped.jpg
RoleGlider tug
National originFinland
Manufacturer Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho
DesignerKai Mellen, Ilkka Lounamaa and Jussi Rinta
First flight29 August 1964
Number built7

The PIK-15 Hinu is a light aircraft developed in Finland in the 1960s for use as a glider tug. [1] It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. [2] The cockpit had two seats, side-by-side, and the PIK-15 was intended to have a secondary role as a trainer. [1] Construction was of wood throughout. [3]

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Design work began in 1960, with the first prototype built two years later and flying on 29 August 1964. [2] Six examples were listed on the Finnish Civil Aviation Authority registry in 2011. [4]

Specifications (prototype, with low-pitch propeller)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1965–66 [5]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p.726
  2. 1 2 "PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"
  3. "PIK-15 HINU '2000+'"
  4. Summary of the Finnish Aircraft Register 2011, Part I pages 47 and 107
  5. Taylor 1965, pp. 30–31

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