PIK-15

what is it?

The PIK-15 Hinu is a light aircraft developed in Finland in the 1960s for use as a glider tug. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The cockpit had two seats, side-by-side, and the PIK-15 was intended to have a secondary role as a trainer.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 190 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 765 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made 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 62 years ago, in 1964.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 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

1964-08-29

introduced

1964

number built

10

role

glider tug

origin

🇫🇮 Finland

makers

Polyteknikkojen ilmailukerho

engines

1× Lycoming O-320-A2B

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.6 m

wingspan

10 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

765 kg

top speed

190 km/h

cruise speed

170 km/h

range

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