The TeST TST-9 Junior is a
Czech shoulder-wing
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, single-seat
motor glider that was designed and produced by
TeST
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of
Brno
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. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as plans, in kit form for
amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft. Production is now complete and the aircraft is no longer available.
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Design and development
The TST-9 Junior was a development of the
TST-7 Junior touring motor glider, incorporating a
T-tail
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and other design refinements. The span, shoulder-mounted wing is slightly
forward-swept. The wing has less span than the TST-7 Junior and consequently the aircraft has a lower
glide ratio. The
landing gear
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is of
tricycle configuration, making taxiing the aircraft much easier than the
monowheel gear used on the TST-1 model. The aircraft was later further refined into the
TST-13 Junior.
The price for a completed ready-to-fly aircraft in 2004 was
€
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22,240.
Specifications (TST-9 Junior)
See also
References
External links
Photo of TeST TST-9 Junior{{TeST Gliders
TST-9
2000s Czech sailplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
Motor gliders
Shoulder-wing aircraft