SZD-49 Jantar K

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SZD-49 Jantar K
Role Glider
National originPoland
Manufacturer ZSLS Bielsko
DesignerWładysław Okarmus
First flight10 October 1978
Statusprototype
Number built1
Developed from SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2/3

The SZD-49 Jantar K was a 15m Class glider designed and built in Poland in 1977. [1] [2]

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Development

After the FAI Standard class rules had been created and then modified in the early 1970s the FAI decided to add a new 15m class, for gliders with a maximum span of 15m but no other restrictions other than airbrakes limiting the speed to Vne or less. Władysław Okarmus set about designing a new wing, with flaps, for use with the SZD-48-3 fuselage, the resulting offspring was named SZD-49 Jantar K. First flight of the prototype, (SP-2583, X-143), took place at Bielsko in October 1978. All was not well with the SZD-49 during the flight trials and further development was abandoned. The sole prototype was later used as a live teaching aid for advanced students and was successfully modified twice with some success by groups of students from Warsaw University of Technology. [3]

Constructed almost entirely from glassfibre using epoxy resin, the SZD-49 had a welded steel tube centre-section truss to accept the loads from the wings, undercarriage and towing hook. A one-piece forward-opening canopy with integral glare-shield gave access to the cockpit for entry/egress and maintenance. The wings are fitted with full-span flaps with drooping ailerons as well as single-leaf airbrakes extending from top and bottom surfaces of the wing. Ailerons are driven through a patented linkage entirely enclosed inside the wing. [1]

A standard instrument fit and an oxygen system were provided by the manufacturer.

Specifications (SZD-49 Jantar K)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "SZD-49 Jantar Std. K (PL)". www.piotrp.de. Archived from the original on 2003-05-12.
  2. ↑ Piechowski, Piotr. "SZD-49 Jantar K - PiotrP". piotrp.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  3. ↑ "PZL Bielsko SZD-41 Jantar Standard / SZD-48 Jantar Standard / SZD-49 Jantar". all-aero.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.


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