The plane was designed in 1931 as a small passenger plane for 4 passengers, ordered by the Polish Ministry of Communications. The main designer was Stanisław Prauss of the PZL works. The new plane utilized parts of PZL Ł.2 liaison plane, including the wing, tail, landing gear and engine (the factory manufactured more PZL Ł.2 parts, than aircraft ordered). The only prototype was flown in the beginning of 1932.
Designedit
PZL.16 was a high-wing braced monoplane, conventional in layout, of all-metal construction. It had a steel framed, canvas covered fuselage (engine part covered with duralumin). The elliptical wing was two-spar, of duralumin construction, canvas-covered, fitted with slats and flaps. The tail was made of duralumin. It had a conventional fixed landing gear with a rear wheel, main gear had teardrop covers. The closed cabin had a capacity of five: a pilot in front and 4 passengers in two rows, with doors on the left.
It had a 9-cylinder air-cooled Polish Skoda Works Wright Whirlwind J-5A radial engine delivering 240 hp (179 kW) take-off power and 220 hp (164 kW) nominal power, in a Townend ring, driving a two-blade metal propeller. 280-litre fuel tanks were in wings. The cruise fuel consumption was 50-60 L/h.
Operational historyedit
The plane was to take part in a contest for a successor of Junkers F.13 planes in LOT Polish Airlines, along with PWS-24 and Lublin R-XVI, but it crashed in April 1932 during tests. The reason was error in assembly of ailerons. After crash, further works upon PZL.16 ceased; available publications do not mention reasons. It was lighter, faster and of more modern construction, than counterparts, with a similar payload, but the crew was 1 instead of 2.
Stanisław Prauss next designed a preliminary design of a fast mail plane PZL.17, a counterpart of PWS-54. It was based on the PZL.16, differing in aerodynamically refined fuselage and cantilever wing, but it remained in sketches.
^Cynk, Jerzy (1971). Polish Aircraft 1893–1939. London: Putnam Publishing. pp. 174-176. ISBN0-370-00085-4.
Further readingedit
Glass, Andrzej (1977). Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893-1939 (Polish aviation constructions 1893-1939) (in Polish). Warsaw: WKiŁ.
External linksedit
"PZL PZL-16". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
April 11, 2024
polish, passenger, aircraft, designed, early, 1930s, warsaw, remained, prototype, role, passenger, planemanufacturer, państwowe, zakłady, lotniczefirst, flight, 1932status, prototypeprimary, user, polandnumber, built, prototype, contents, development, design, . The PZL 16 was a Polish passenger aircraft designed in the early 1930s in the PZL in Warsaw It remained a prototype PZL 16Role Passenger planeManufacturer Panstwowe Zaklady LotniczeFirst flight 1932Status PrototypePrimary user PolandNumber built 1 prototype Contents 1 Development 2 Design 3 Operational history 4 Specifications PZL 16 estimated 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksDevelopment editThe plane was designed in 1931 as a small passenger plane for 4 passengers ordered by the Polish Ministry of Communications The main designer was Stanislaw Prauss of the PZL works The new plane utilized parts of PZL L 2 liaison plane including the wing tail landing gear and engine the factory manufactured more PZL L 2 parts than aircraft ordered The only prototype was flown in the beginning of 1932 Design editPZL 16 was a high wing braced monoplane conventional in layout of all metal construction It had a steel framed canvas covered fuselage engine part covered with duralumin The elliptical wing was two spar of duralumin construction canvas covered fitted with slats and flaps The tail was made of duralumin It had a conventional fixed landing gear with a rear wheel main gear had teardrop covers The closed cabin had a capacity of five a pilot in front and 4 passengers in two rows with doors on the left It had a 9 cylinder air cooled Polish Skoda Works Wright Whirlwind J 5A radial engine delivering 240 hp 179 kW take off power and 220 hp 164 kW nominal power in a Townend ring driving a two blade metal propeller 280 litre fuel tanks were in wings The cruise fuel consumption was 50 60 L h Operational history editThe plane was to take part in a contest for a successor of Junkers F 13 planes in LOT Polish Airlines along with PWS 24 and Lublin R XVI but it crashed in April 1932 during tests The reason was error in assembly of ailerons After crash further works upon PZL 16 ceased available publications do not mention reasons It was lighter faster and of more modern construction than counterparts with a similar payload but the crew was 1 instead of 2 Stanislaw Prauss next designed a preliminary design of a fast mail plane PZL 17 a counterpart of PWS 54 It was based on the PZL 16 differing in aerodynamically refined fuselage and cantilever wing but it remained in sketches Specifications PZL 16 estimated editData from Polish Aircraft 1893 1939 1 General characteristicsCrew 1 Capacity 4 Length 7 95 m 26 ft 1 in Wingspan 14 1 m 46 ft 3 in Height 2 59 m 8 ft 6 in Empty weight 780 kg 1 720 lb Gross weight 1 450 kg 3 197 lb Powerplant 1 Polish Skoda J 5 Whirlwind 9 0cylinder air cooled radial piston engine 160 kW 220 hp Propellers 2 bladed fixed pitch propellerPerformance Maximum speed 200 km h 120 mph 110 kn Range 800 km 500 mi 430 nmi g limits 7 ultimate Wing loading 56 kg m2 11 lb sq ft Power mass 0 069 hp lb 0 113 kW kg See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to PZL 16 Related development PZL L 2Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era PWS 24 Lublin R XVIReferences edit Cynk Jerzy 1971 Polish Aircraft 1893 1939 London Putnam Publishing pp 174 176 ISBN 0 370 00085 4 Further reading editGlass Andrzej 1977 Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893 1939 Polish aviation constructions 1893 1939 in Polish Warsaw WKiL External links edit PZL PZL 16 www airwar ru in Russian Retrieved 21 May 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PZL 16 amp oldid 1169471025, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
