The PIK-5 was a training
glider
Glider may refer to:
Aircraft and transport Aircraft
* Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of glidin ...
produced in
Finland in the 1940s, and 1950s,
[Taylor 1989, p.726] equipping the country's gliding clubs with an aircraft greater in performance than primary gliders but less than competition
sailplanes.
[Hardy 1982, p.74]
The PIK-5 had a pod-and-boom configuration, with a high,
strut-braced
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monoplane wing and a
cruciform tail carried at the end of a tail boom that extended from a position high on the
aft
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end of the pod.
["PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"]
History
The prototype first flew in September 1946,
["PIK-5c Cumulus (OH-151)"] and testing continued until it was badly damaged in a crash in summer 1948
[Tiusanen 1952, P.12] 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.
However, this aircraft, now known as the PIK-5B, was destroyed in a crash in summer 1951.
Again, it was rebuilt with modifications, particularly to the
wing structure, resulting in the PIK-5C version.
This version first flew on 5 July 1952,
and went on to become the pattern for around 30 similar machines that would be built over the ensuing years.
Variants
* PIK-5
* PIK 5A
* PIK-5B
* PIK-5C
Specifications (PIK-5C)
Notes
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