Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor

what is it?

The Beneš-Mráz Be-50 Beta-Minor was a light airplane manufactured in Czechoslovakia shortly before World War II.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 11.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 205 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 760 kgmax take-off weight
• built 43made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935

number built

43

role

sports plane

makers

Beneš-Mráz

engines

1× Walter Minor / Walter Minor 4

crew

2

length

7.8 m

wingspan

11.4 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

760 kg

top speed

205 km/h

cruise speed

180 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

5,000 m

wings

low wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.