PIK-5

The PIK-5 was a training glider produced in Finland in the 1940s and 50s equipping the country's gliding clubs with an aircraft greater in performance than primary gliders but less than competition sailplanes. The aircraft had a pod-and-boom configuration with a high strut-braced monoplane wing and a cruciform tail carried at the end of a tailboom that extended from a position high on the aft end of the pod.

The PIK-5 is a Finnish designed sailplane. Its first version PIK-5a was built in 1946. An improved model PIK-5b was built in quantities in flying clubs.1

Made by Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho.

Empty Weight Lb
273
Designer
Kaarlo J. Temmes
First Flight
September 1946
Glide Ratio
18
Gross Weight Lb
462
Number Built
34
Crew
One pilot
Empty Weight Kg
124
Gross Weight Kg
210
Span M
12
Manufacturer
Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho
Max Speed Mph
93
Max Speed Kmh
150
Span In
8
Span Ft
40
National Origin
Finland
Met Or Eng
met
Length Ft
21
Length In
Length M
6
Category
Finnish sailplanes 1940-1949
Glider aircraft
PIK aircraft

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