At first the PIK-20 was classified as a Standard Class glider, which at the time allowed either flaps or air-brakes for landing approach control. The specification of the Standard Class required the air-brakes or flaps to be capable of keeping the speed below the maximum speed in …

Feb 10, 2009 · The PIK motorized glider has a manually retractable engine and propeller. The Rotax 503 500cc two-stroke two-cylinder engine produces 43 hp at 6,200 RPM. With double carburetors and resonance exhaust system, the whole snowmobile engine has been redesigned and built to aircraft requirements.

Tinted canopy, Nice instrument package with mode S transponder, Becker radio, Flarm core w/ butterfly display, Oudie II running see you connected to Cambridge 302 with Borgelt B 400 backup. This PIK is easy rigging, and a good solid glider. The ballast system is …

Unlike today's practice of laying glass over gelcoat in a mold, the PIK 20 was built without gelcoat. The finish is the result of smooth glass layup, a small amount of filler, and an acrylic enamel paint. There were 160 copies of the combined 20 and 20B models produced, and 178 of the 20D.

Sep 28, 2009 · NASA’s PIK-20E motor-glider sailplane is seen during a research flight from the Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later, the Armstrong Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, in 1991. The aircraft, designated NASA 803, was built by Eiri-Avion of Finland.

PIK-20 gliders won the first three places at the standard class at the World Gliding Championships in 1976. 409 PIK-20 gliders of all types were built by 1981, of which 85% were exported. The manufacturing rights for the 20E were sold in 1980 to the French company Siren.

Looking like a Guppy and being more senstive to bugs than a Venus fly trap, the PIK 20 offers low cost 15m flapped performance (until it rains). Early B models had no airbrakes, instead using a dinner plate sized handle to adjust the flaps.

Aug 8, 2019 · The sailplane PIK-20 of the Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho was success. By using PIK-20B as a basis Jukka Tervamäki and Eiriavion Oy built a motor glider equipped with retractable Rotax 503 engine. The maiden flight was in October 1976.

Role: Standard-class (later 15 meter-class) sailplane; National origin: Finland; Manufacturer: Eiri-Avion; Designer: Polyteknikkojen Ilmailukerho; First flight: October 1973; Number built: over 425; The PIK-20 is a Standard Class sailplane designed at the Helsinki University of Technology by Pekka Tammi, with advice from Ilkka Rantasalo and ...

May 8, 2019 · Single-seat self-launched glider. One 32 kw (43 hp) Rotax 501 two-cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled engine. Designed and built in Finland, the Pik-20 series of gliders emanated from a design by the University of Technology in Helsinki, design work commencing in 1971. The first of two prototypes flew for the first time on 10 October 1973.