TeST TST-5 Variant

TST-5 Variant
	TST-5 Variant Duo
Role	Homebuilt aircraft
National origin	Czech Republic
Manufacturer	TeST Gliders
Introduction	circa 1998
Status	Production completed

The TeST TST-5 Variant is a Czech homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by TeST Gliders of Brno, introduced c. 1998. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a completely assembled aircraft, without engine or instruments, and also as a kit for amateur construction.^[1]

Design and development

The TST-5 Variant features a cantilever shoulder-wing, a single seat in enclosed cockpit under a plexiglass canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.^[1]

The aircraft is of all-wood construction. Its constant-chord wing with a NACA 4415 airfoil is intended to give docile handling and is supported by "V"-struts. The standard engine used is the M-125 powerplant.^[1]^[2]

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied "express-built" kit as 250 hours.^[1]

Variants

TST-5 Variant: Original model with constant chord, strut-braced wing^[1]
TST-5 Variant Duo: Model with tapered cantilever wing^[1]

Specifications (TST-5 Variant)

Data from AeroCrafter and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage,^[1]^[2] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2004–05^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 13.7 m² (147 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 8
Airfoil: NACA 4415
Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
Fuel capacity: 36 L (9.5 US gal; 7.9 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 UL 2-cylinder 2-stroke liquid-cooled piston engine, 47.8 kW (64.1 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn) max; 90–120 km/h (56–75 mph; 49–65 kn) economical
Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
Never exceed speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
g limits: +4 / -2
Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 362. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
^ ^a ^b Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
^ Jackson, Paul, ed. (2005). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2004–05. London: Jane's Publishing Group. p. 116. ISBN 0-7106-2614-2.

External links

[Aerocrafter-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 362. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1

[Incomplete-2] Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2014.

[JAWA04-05-3] Jackson, Paul, ed. (2005). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 2004–05. London: Jane's Publishing Group. p. 116. ISBN 0-7106-2614-2.

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