RWD 16
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|name =RWD-16 |image =RWD 16.jpg |caption =RWD-16 in its initial shape }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type =Sports plane |manufacturer =DWL |national origin = Poland |designer = RWD team |first flight =1936 |introduced = |retired = |status = prototype |primary user =Poland |more users = |produced = |number built =1 |unit cost = |variants with their own articles = RWD-16bis }} |
The RWD-16 was a Polish two-seat low-wing sports plane of 1936, constructed by the RWD team, that remained a prototype.
Development
The aircraft was designed in 1935 by Andrzej Anczutin of the RWD bureau, as a light and economical sports plane. The plane was a wooden low-wing monoplane, with two seats side-by-side in a closed cockpit, powered by 50 hp Walter Mikron I straight engine.Glass, A., op.cit., p. 322-323.
The prototype was built and first flown in early 1936 (registration SP-AXY), funded by the Polish division of Osram factory. The plane did not appear a successful design, though. Test revealed lack of directional stability, therefore its rudder was much enlarged, the wings were fitted with fixed slats and a windshield was redesigned. It did not improve the situation much, and in 1937-1938 the prototype was rebuilt and fitted with stronger 60 hp Avia 3 engine in a lengthened nose, while the vertical stabilizer and rudder were made smaller. Most significant feature became a front windshield with a negative slope.
After final changes, the prototype still was not satisfactory, but it served as a basis for the RWD-16bis design, which was a new, redesigned aircraft, produced as the RWD-21. The prototype RWD-16 was given then to a known touring aviator Zbigniew Babiński.
Description
Wooden construction low-wing cantilever monoplane, conventional in layout, with a fixed landing gear and a closed cockpit. The fuselage was semi-monocoque, plywood-covered. Single-piece trapezoid wings with rounded tips, two-spar, plywood (in front) and canvas covered. Conventional cantilever empennage, plywood (fins) and canvas (elevators and rudder) covered. Two seats side-by-side, with twin controls, under a common canopy, with a fixed windshield. Conventional fixed landing gear with a rear skid.
{{convert|50|hp|abbr=on}} Walter Mikron I inline engine in front, with two-blade wooden propeller Szomański, 1.8 m diameter. In later variant, {{convert|60|hp|abbr=on}} Avia 3 inline engine was installed.
Specifications (RWD 16bis)
File:Walter Mikron a RWD 16 (1936).jpg
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Polish aircraft 1893-1939,{{cite book |last1=Cynk |first1=Jerzy B |title=Polish aircraft 1893-1939 |url=https://archive.org/details/polishaircraft1800cynk/page/556 |url-access=registration |publisher=Putnam |date=1971 |isbn=0-370-00085-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/polishaircraft1800cynk/page/556 556-561] }} Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893–1939 {{cite book |last1=Glass |first1=Andrzej |title=Polskie konstrukcje lotnicze 1893–1939 |date=1977 |publisher=WKiŁ |location=Warsaw |pages=322–323|language=Polish}}
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|capacity=1
|length m=7.8
|length note=
|span m=11
|span note=
|height m=2.27
|height note=
|wing area sqm=14.9
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=
|airfoil=root: Warsaw Aerodynamic Institute 16%; tip: Warsaw Aerodynamic Institute 10%
|empty weight kg=385
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=615
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight kg=
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity={{cvt|73|L|USgal impgal}} in a centre-section tank; {{cvt|7|L|USgal impgal}} oil
|more general=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Avia 3
|eng1 type=4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=60-64
|eng1 note=
::::or Walter Mikron
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Szomański
|prop dia m=1.75
|prop dia note=fixed-pitch wooden propeller
|max speed kmh=180
|max speed note=at sea level
|cruise speed kmh=155
|cruise speed note=
- Landing speed: {{cvt|70|km/h|mph kn}}
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=700
|range note=
|ferry range km=
|ferry range note=
|endurance=
|ceiling m=4150
|ceiling note=
|g limits=
|roll rate=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude={{cvt|1000|m}} in 6 minutes 30 seconds
|wing loading kg/m2=41.5
|wing loading note=
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|power/mass={{cvt|0.0467|hp/lb|order=flip}}
|more performance=
}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|RWD 16}}
- [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/rwd16.html Photos and drawings at Ugolok Neba]
{{RWD aircraft}}
Category:1930s Polish sport aircraft