Valmet L-80 Turbo-Vinha

Valmet L-80 TP Turbo-Vinha was a prototype for a new Finnish turboprop basic trainer aircraft. The aircraft, which carried the designation OH-VBB, was destroyed in a crash in 1985, killing the test pilot Paavo Janhunen. The aircraft was a further development of the Valmet L-70 Vinka and would eventually lead to the Valmet L-90 Redigo.

L-80
Role Trainer
Manufacturer Valmet
Introduction 1983
Retired 1990
Status cancelled
Number built one L-80, two L-90 prototypes

The Allison turboprop engine was used in the second aircraft, the L-80 TP Turbo-Vinha (OH-VTM) which was destroyed during an aerial display in Belgium. The third of the series (OH-VTP) got the new name Redigo or RediGo (used in sales brochures).

Specifications (L-80 TP)

Data from Valmet's Turbotrainer,[1] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1984–85[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1 or 2
  • Capacity: up to 3[3]
  • Length: 7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.25 m (33 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 14.00 m2 (150.7 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 7
  • Airfoil: root: NACA NACA 63-218(mod B3); tip: NACA 63-412(mod B3)[4]
  • Empty weight: 840 kg (1,852 lb) equipped
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb) (and Max landing weight)
  • Fuel capacity: 350 l (92 US gal; 77 imp gal) / 280 kg (617 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Allison 250-B17D turboprop engine, 268 kW (359 hp)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed Hartzell, 2.19 m (7 ft 2 in) diameter constant-speed propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn) at 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
  • Stall speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn) idle, flaps up
99 km/h (62 mph; 53 kn) idle, flaps down
  • Never exceed speed: 460 km/h (290 mph, 250 kn)
  • Range: 1,550 km (960 mi, 840 nmi) max fuel, no reserve
  • Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,600 ft) +
  • Rate of climb: 10.49 m/s (2,065 ft/min)
  • Power/mass: 0.149 kW/kg (0.091 hp/lb)
  • Take-off distance to 15 m (49 ft): 345 m (1,132 ft)
  • Landing distance from 15 m (49 ft): 350 m (1,148 ft)

Armament

  • Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of Maximum 600 kg (1,323 lb) ; inboard pylons 250 kg (551 lb) ; outboard pylons 150 kg (331 lb),with provisions to carry combinations of:
    • Rockets: 37mm or 68 mm rocket pods
    • Missiles: anti-helicopter missiles
    • Bombs: 250 kg (551 lb) bombs
    • Other: various machine-gun pods, flares searchlight pods

See also

Related development

References

  1. Green and Swanborough 1986, p. 113.
  2. Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1984). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1984–85 (75th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Co. p. 50. ISBN 0-7106-0801-2.
  3. Green and Swanborough 1986, p. 117.
  4. Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

Further reading

  • Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "Valmet's Turbotrainer...A Northern Newcomer with Tradition". Air International. March 1986, Vol 30 No 3. pp. 111–117. ISSN 0306-5634.
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