type of aircraft
VZLU TOM-8
The TOM-8 was a prototype Czechoslovak single-engined two-seat training aircraft of the 1950s. It was designed by the VZLU, the Czechoslovak national aeronautic research institute for the Czechoslovak Air Force, with a prototype flying in 1956, but production plans were abandoned in 1960.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- VZLU Aerospace
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- First flight
- 1956-04-23
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 130 kt
- Max speed
- 154 kt
- Range
- 390 nm
- Service ceiling
- 19,650 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,065 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 3,042 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,337 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 48 US gal
- Powerplant
- Praga Doris C air-cooled six-cylinder horizontally opposed piston engine
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 30.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 35.8 ft
- Height
- 10.4 ft
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.