The EADS PZL PZL-112 Junior is a Polish single engine, two-seat trainer built by PZL Warszawa-Okecie.^[1]

Development and design

The PZL-112 Junior was designed by PZL Warszawa-Okecie in collaboration with the Warsaw University of Technology as a low-cost trainer for Polish flying clubs. It was originally known as the Koliber Junior as it used some components from the PZL-110 Koliber.^[1] The Junior is a metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a swept back vertical tail and a small ventral fin.^[1] It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and is powered by a nose-mounted Lycoming O-235-L2C flat-four piston engine driving a two-bladed propeller.^[1] It has two side-by-side configuration seats in an enclosed cabin with a gull-wing canopy.^[1] Construction of the prototype was started in 1997 and it first flew on 17 Jun 2000.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 6.651 m (21 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 8.803 m (28 ft 11 in)
• Height: 2.625 m (8 ft 7 in)
• Wing area: 11.44 m² (123.1 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 520 kg (1,146 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-L2C Flat-four piston engine, 87 kW (116 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Hoffmann HO-14HM-175-131

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
• Cruise speed: 97 km/h (60 mph, 52 kn)
• Stall speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn) Flaps down
• Never exceed speed: 262 km/h (163 mph, 141 kn)
• Range: 750 km (470 mi, 400 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
• g limits: +4.4/-1.8
• Rate of climb: 3.50 m/s (689 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 65.56 kg/m² (13.43 lb/sq ft)