Avia BH-29

BH-29

Manufacturer: Avia
Designed by: Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
First flight: 1927

The Avia BH-29 was a trainer aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927, in the hope of marketing it to both the Czechoslovakian Army, and to Czechoslovakian Airlines as a primary trainer. It was a conventional design, an unequal-span biplane of wooden construction and with tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem open cockpits.

When no interest was shown in the aircraft domestically, Avia undertook a promotional tour where the aircraft was demonstrated in eighteen European countries, but this did not result in any sales either and no more than a handful were built.

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: 2, pilot and instructor
Length: 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 25.0 m˛ (269 ft˛)
Empty weight: 830 kg (1,830 lb)
Gross weight: 1,090 kg (2,403 lb)
Powerplant: 1 x— Walter NZ 85 radial, 85 kW (114 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 90 km/h (145 mph)
Range: 600 km (370 miles)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min)

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