PIK-19

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PIK-19 Muhinu
PIK-19 Muhinu.jpg
RoleGlider tug
National originFinland
Manufacturer Helsinki University of Technology
First flight26 March 1972
Number built1

The PIK-19 Muhinu was a light aircraft developed in Finland in the early 1970s for use as a glider tug and flight trainer. [1] It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tricycle undercarriage. [1] Its construction was of composite materials throughout, [2] a novel approach at the time. When the PIK-19 flew for the first time in 1972, it was only the fourth aircraft in the world made of these materials. [3]

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The project was undertaken as a joint venture by the Finnish government and the Helsinki University of Technology. [3] Its "PIK" designation belongs to a sequence of designations applied to the aircraft designed and built by the university's gliding club, Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho, although this was not a project by the club. [3] Design work commenced in 1969 under the leadership of Jukka Tervamäki, Ilkka Rantasalo and Pekka Tammi and the prototype flew on 26 March 1972. [1] Plans for production in series were never realised, [4] and the single prototype was the only example ever built. [1] Over the next 21 years, it accumulated 5217 hours of flying time and some 40,000 glider tows. [3] It was destroyed in a crash in June 1994 when the engine failed at low altitude. [1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75 [5]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"
  2. ↑ "Finnish Newcomer" 1979, p.1900
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Projects in Various Organizations"
  4. ↑ Taylor 1989, p.726
  5. ↑ Taylor, John W. R. p.40

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