January 5, 2013

Pazmany homebuilt aircraft

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A comparison of PL-2, PL-4A and PL-9 by Pazmany Aircraft Corporation:

PL-2 PL-4A PL-9
Top Speed (mph) 138 120 116
Cruise (mph) 119 97 104
Stall (mph) 52 46 33
Range (mi) 492 280 332
Rate of Climb (fpm) 1200 650 1400
Take-Off Distance (ft) 700 560 250
Landing Distance (ft) 600 440 90
Service Ceiling (ft) 18,000 13,000 15,000
Engine Used LYC-235 VW 1600 c.c. LYC 0-320
Power Range (hp) 108-100-150 50-90 150-160
Fuel Capacity (gal) 25 12 30
Empty Weight (lb) 875 578 1,132
Gross Weight (lb) 1,416 850 1,739
Height (ft) 7.7 5.7 7
Length (ft) 19.3 16.5 24.3
Wing Span (ft) 27.8 26.7 36
Wing Area (sq. ft) 116 89 166
Number of Seats 2 1 2
Landing Gear Trigear Tailwheel Tailwheel
Building Materials M M M. T. F.
Building Time (manhours) 3,500 – 5,000 2,000 4,000 – 5,000
No. Completed & Flown ~300 ~220 1
General Characteristics Side-by-side
low-wing monoplane,
sheet metal construction		 VW-powered,
single seater, T-tail,
sheet metal construction		 Replica of the German
Fieseler Storch.
Tube and fabric fuselage
with sheet metal covering
on wings and tails
January 5, 2012

Argentina PL-4

PL-4A trainer built by Argentina ENET N.1 (National Technical Education School)

El Palomar EET-4

PL-4

PL-4A
January 5, 2012

Sri Lanka PL-2

  • Sri Lanka Air Force PL-2 program started in 1977
  • First maiden test flight on April 11, 1980
  • Pazmany PL-2 aircraft was built by the Aircraft Engineering Wing of the Sri Lanka Air Force, under the personal supervision of Wing Commander N. Gunarathnam
  • This was the first instance in the history that an aircraft has been completely built in Sri Lanka

PL-2

PL-2
October 14, 2011

PL-9 video narrated by Ladislao Pazmany

Here’s a video for builders.

It’s a home-made movie about a homebuilt plane – a real story with real people, that begins with the German test flight of the outstanding WWII aircraft – The Fieseler 156 Storch and finishes in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, at the 1999 EAA convention, with some interesting stops in-between!

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