PIK-5 | |
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PIK-5b in Finnish Aviation Museum | |
Role | Training glider |
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]
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]
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]
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