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
Unit cost
US$16,950 (complete, less engine and instruments, 1998)

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 strut-braced shoulder-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble 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)

TeST TST-5 Variant Duo

Data from AeroCrafter and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage[1][2]

General characteristics

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 362. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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