HAL Basant
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{{Infobox aircraft
| name = HA-31 Basant
| image = Basant_by_HAL_7871.JPG
| caption =
| type = Agricultural/utility aircraft
| manufacturer = Hindustan Aeronautics
| designer =
| first_flight = 1972 (Mark II)
| introduction =
| retired =
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| produced = 1972-1980
| number_built = 39
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The Hindustan Aeronautics HA-31 Basant ({{Lit|Spring}}) is a 1970s Indian agricultural monoplane built by Hindustan Aeronautics.
Hindustan Aeronautics started to design an agricultural aircraft in 1968 designated the HAL-31 Mk 1 with a cockpit directly over the wing leading edge. It was re-designed as the HA-31 Mk II Basant and first flew on 30 March 1972. The Basant is a conventional braced low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and powered by a 400 hp (298 kW) Avco Lycoming IO-720 piston engine. It had a raised cockpit to give the pilot a good all-round view during spraying operations. Production ended in 1980 after 39 aircraft had been built.
Specifications (Mk II)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2160
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One
|length m=9
|length ft=29
|length in=6.25
|span m=12
|span ft=39
|span in=4.5
|height m=2.55
|height ft=8
|height in=4.5
|wing area sqm=23.34
|wing area sqft=251.23
|empty weight kg=1200
|empty weight lb=2645
|gross weight kg=2270
|gross weight lb=5000
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Avco Lycoming IO-720-C1B flat-eight piston engine
|eng1 kw=298
|eng1 hp=400
|max speed kmh=225
|max speed note=Taylor 1981, pp. 90–91|max speed mph=140
|cruise speed kmh=185
|cruise speed mph=115
|range km=645
|ceiling m=3,800
|ceiling note=|ceiling ft=12,500
|climb rate ms=3.8
|climb rate note=|climb rate ftmin=750
}}
See also
References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
- Taylor, J. W. R. (ed.). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's, 1981. {{ISBN|0-531-03953-6}}.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2160
External links
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Category:1970s Indian agricultural aircraft