Zlín Z 526
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Role | Sports plane Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Zlin Aircraft |
First flight | 1959 |
Number built | 1,400+ |
The Zlin Z-526 Akrobat is a Czech sports plane used in aerobatics.
History
The Z-526 was originally designed by Zlin Aircraft in 1959. Its two-seat version is called the Trener-Master.
The Z 526's layout was organized with the pilot in the rear, and the student in the front. The aircraft could be equipped also with tip tanks and a constant speed propeller. The Z-526F was introduced in 1968 and was equipped with a 135 kW (180 hp) Avia M 137A engine, the export version Z-526L differing by being equipped with a 150 kW (200 hp) Lycoming AEIO-360 flat-four. Single-seat versions included the Z-526A, Z-526AS, and the Z-526AFS.
The Z-526 AFM was built between 1981 and 1984 and was powered by a 155 kW (210 hp) Avia M337 engine, had tip tanks and a lengthened fuselage. The aircraft was later developed into the Zlin Z-726.
More than 1,400 Z-526s were manufactured, many for military and private flying schools.
Variants
- Z-526
- Two-seat version
- Z-526A
- Single-seat version
- Z-526AF
- Single-seat version
- Z-526AFS
- Single-seat version
- Z-526AFM Condor
- powered by an Avia M337 inverted six-cylinder engine giving 210hp(157kW)
Aircraft On Display
- Serbia
- Z-526M - Museum of Aviation (Belgrade) in Belgrade[1]
Specifications (Z-526 Trener-Master)
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Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1968–69[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (526A / 526F - 1)
- Length: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 15.45 m2 (166.3 sq ft)
- Airfoil: root: NACA 2418; tip: NACA 4412[3]
- Empty weight: 680 kg (1,499 lb)
- Z 526A 650 kg (1,430 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 975 kg (2,150 lb) (trainer)
- 940 kg (2,070 lb) (aerobatic)
- Z 526A 830 kg (1,830 lb) (aerobatic)
- Fuel capacity: 2x 45 L (12 US gal; 9.9 imp gal) tanks in the wing roots, with a 7 L (1.8 US gal; 1.5 imp gal) gravity collector tank in the fuselage.
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Minor 6-III 6-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp) (later variants 155 kW (208 hp) Avia M337)
- Propellers: 2-bladed V 503, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 208 km/h (129 mph, 112 kn) (70% power)
- Landing speed: 78 km/h (48 mph; 42 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 320 km/h (200 mph, 170 kn)
- Range: 580 km (360 mi, 310 nmi)
- Ferry range: 610 km (380 mi, 330 nmi) with wing-tip tanks
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min) at sea level
- Take-off run: 220 m (720 ft)
- Landing run: 135 m (443 ft)
References
External links
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- Moravan Aeroplanes, Inc., The Czech Republic - manufacturer
- Zlin Treners -This aeroplane teaches you to fly!-
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designations
- Z-I
- Z-II
- Z-III
- Z-IV
- Z-V
- Z-VI
- Z-VII
- Z-VIII
- Z-IX
- Z-X
- Z-XI
- Z-XII
- Z-XIII
- Z-13
- Z-XIV
- Z-XV
- Z-XVI
- Z-XVII1
- Z-XVIII
- Z-XIX1
- Z-20
- Z-XXI/21
- Z-22
- Z-231
- Z-24
- Z-25
- Z-26
- Z-271
- Z-28
- Z-291
- Z-30
- Z-311
- Z-32
- Z-33
- Z-34
- Z-35
- Z-36
- Z-37
- Z-38
- Z-39
- Z-401
- Z-41
- Z-42
- Z-43
- Z-44
- Z-45
- Z-46
- Z-47
- Z-48
- Z-491
- Z-50
- Z-51
- Z-52
- Z-53 through Z-591
- Z-60
- Z-61
- Z-62 through Z-891
- Z-90
- Z-91 through Z-1121
- Z-113
- Z-114 through Z-1191
- Z-120
- Z-1211
- Z-122
- Z-1231
- Z-1241
- Z-125
- Z-126
- Z-127 through Z-1341
- Z-135
- Z-1361
- Z-137
- Z-138 through Z-1411
- Z-142
- Z-143
- Z-144 through Z-1801
- Z-181
- Z-182 through Z-2111
- Z-212
- Z-213 through Z-2241
- Z-225
- Z-226
- Z-227 through Z-2411
- Z-242
- Z-243 through Z-2801
- Z-281
- Z-282 through Z-3111
- Z-312
- Z-313 through Z-3241
- Z-325
- Z-326
- Z-327 through Z-3801
- Z-381
- Z-382 through Z-3991
- Z-400
- Z-401 through Z-4251
- Z-426
- Z-427 through Z-5251
- Z-526
- Z-527 through Z-6251
- Z-626
- Z-627 through Z-7251
- Z-726