Czech light aircraft
"Z 42" redirects here. For the television station, see
KARZ-TV
.
Zlin 42, 142 and 242 series
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A Zlin 42M
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Role
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Sport, personal and
trainer aircraft
Type of aircraft
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Manufacturer
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Moravan Otrokovice
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First flight
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17 October 1967
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Introduction
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1970
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Status
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Active
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Produced
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1967?present
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Variants
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Zlin Z 43
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The
Zlin Z 42
is a single-engine two-seat
Czechoslovakian
trainer aircraft
manufactured by
Moravan Otrokovice
. A developed version, the
Z 142
, is the most popular aircraft variant in the manufacturer's aircraft line.
Design and development
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Zlin Z 42M, tail number SP-AKE (nr 0170).
The aircraft were built by
Moravan Aviation
, founded in 1934 by
Toma? Ba?a
in
Czechoslovakia
.
As a follow-on and replacement for the successful
Zlin Trener
series of tandem aerobatic trainers, Moravan developed a new family of light aircraft, featuring a side-by-side seat layout, and comprising a two-seat trainer, the
Zlin Z 42
and a four-seat trainer/tourer aircraft, the
Zlin Z 43
. The Z 42 first flew on 17 October 1967,
[1]
achieving
airworthiness certification
on 7 September 1970.
[2]
The aircraft fuselage center section is of welded steel tube, covered with
sheet metal
and
fiberglass
panels. The tailcone is of monocoque construction. The
empennage
is of sheet metal. The two-spar wings are of
all-metal
construction. The tricycle landing gear is fixed, with a steerable nosewheel. Designed for aerobatics instruction, it was certified to +6.0 and -4.0 limit maneuvering load factors, and was equipped with full inverted fuel and oil systems, permitting extended
inverted flight
. The Z 42 is powered by a Walter inverted six-cylinder engine rated at 134 kW (180 hp).
The revised
Zlin Z 42M
flew in November 1972, with a revised tail taken from the Z 43, and a
Constant speed propeller
replacing the
variable pitch propeller
(where the propeller pitch is controlled by the pilot) of the original Z 42. When early Z 42s were refitted with the new propeller, they were redesignated
Z 42 MU
.
[2]
Zlin Z-142
Development continued, with the
Zlin Z 142
, featuring a slightly enlarged two-seat airframe based on that of the Z 42 and the more powerful (157 kW (210 hp)) Walter (now LOM)
M 337
fuel-injected
inverted six-cylinder
, supercharged
air-cooled engine
of the Z 43 replacing the unsupercharged
LOM M137
engine of the Z 42. The
prototype
Z-142 first flew on 29 December 1978.
[3]
In the late 1980s, further development work was initiated. The inverted inline engine was replaced with a four-cylinder horizontally-opposed
Lycoming IO-360
engine. This variant is designated the
Z 242L Guru
, and is immediately distinguishable by its relatively wide
cowling
which houses the flat-four engine.
[
citation needed
]
in 2021 Zlin introduced a revised 242L called the
Zeus
. This has a less angular tail and more streamlined cockpit plus undercarriage revisions.
[4]
Fernas 142
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Licence production of the Z 142 has been carried out in
Algeria
by ECA fernas (sometimes known as just Fernas) as the
ECA-Fernas 142
, complete with aerobatic modifications.
[5]
Operational history
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Two Z-142s were used by the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
in bombing sorties on the
Sri Lankan
airforce bases in Sri Lanka in 2007.
[6]
In October 2008 the Zlins were also used in an attack on a military base of the
Sri Lanka Army
, and a power station on the outskirts of the city of
Colombo
, Sri Lanka.
[7]
[8]
Variants
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- Zlin Z 42
- Initial production version, powered by 180 hp (130 kW) Avia M-137 engine. 48 built.
[9]
- Zlin Z 42M
- Revised dorsal fin and
constant speed propeller
fitted. 149 built.
[9]
- Zlin Z 142
- Forward-sliding bubble cockpit canopy. Powered by 225 hp (168 kW) M-337AK engine.
[9]
A Zlin Z-242L
- Zlin Z 242
- 200 hp (149 kW)
[10]
- Zlin Z 242L Guru
- Zlin Z 242L Zeus
- Fernas 142 / ECA Fernas 142
- (ECA -
Entreprise de construction aeronautique
) Algerian licence production of the Z 142, first flown in 1993.
[11]
[12]
An Algerian built ECA Fernas 142
Operators
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Civilian
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The aircraft is popular with flying training organizations.
Hong Kong
Military
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Map with military Zlin Z 42 operators in blue
Algeria
Australia
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Cuba
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
North Macedonia
Mexico
Peru
Slovenia
Yemen
- Separatist organizations
Specifications (Zlin 42M)
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Data from
Jane's all the world's aircraft 1975?76
[25]
General characteristics
- Crew:
1 or 2
- Capacity:
(1 passenger or student)
- Length:
7.07 m (23 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan:
9.11 m (29 ft 11 in)
- 9.19 m (30 ft) over tip-tanks
- Height:
2.69 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area:
13.15 m
2
(141.5 sq ft)
- Airfoil
:
NACA 63
2
416.5
- Empty weight:
645 kg (1,422 lb)
- Max takeoff weight:
970 kg (2,138 lb) normal
- 920 kg (2,028 lb) aerobatic
- Fuel capacity:
130 L (34 US gal; 29 imp gal) in wing leading edges
- Powerplant:
1 ×
Avia M 137 AZ
6-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
- Propellers:
2-bladed
Avia
V 503, 2 m (6 ft 7 in) diameter fully automatic constant-speed propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed:
226 km/h (140 mph, 122 kn) TAS (aerobatic TOW) at 600 m (2,000 ft) ISA
- Cruise speed:
215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn) TAS at 600 m (2,000 ft) ISA
- Stall speed:
89 km/h (55 mph, 48 kn) flaps down power off
- Never exceed speed
:
315 km/h (196 mph, 170 kn)
[26]
- Range:
530 km (330 mi, 290 nmi) standard fuel
- Ferry range:
1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi) with wingtip fuel tanks
- Service ceiling:
4,250 m (13,940 ft)
- g limits:
+
3.8
-
1.5 normal
- +
6
-
3.5 aerobatic
- Rate of climb:
5.2 m/s (1,020 ft/min)
- Wing loading:
74 kg/m
2
(15 lb/sq ft) normal
- 70 kg/m
2
(14 lb/sq ft)
- 0.143 kW/kg (0.087 hp/lb) aerobatic
- Take-off run to 15 m (49 ft):
380 m (1,250 ft)
- Landing run from 15 m (49 ft):
410 m (1,350 ft)
Avionics
VHF radio and IFR instrumentation optional
References
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- Citations
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J W R Taylor 1971, p.32.
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a
b
J W R Taylor 1980, p.43.
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J W R Taylor 1980, p.44.
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Rod Simpson, Aviation World 2021, p.195
- ^
"Le parc aerien de l'Al Quwwat Aljawwiya Aljaza'eriiya en 2018 et en images - avionslegendaires.net"
.
avionslegendaires.net
(in French). 23 April 2018
. Retrieved
28 April
2018
.
- ^
London, Bruce (May 2007).
"Flying Tigers rule the air"
.
The Australian
. Retrieved
29 October
2008
.
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a
b
Athas, Iqbal (October 2008).
"Tigers bomb army base, power station"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
29 October
2008
.
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a
b
TamilNet (October 2008).
"Tigers launch airstrike in Mannaar, Colombo"
. Retrieved
29 October
2008
.
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a
b
c
Simpson 1995, p. 163
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"Intro to Aerobatics Taught in Zlin Z-242".
Flying Magazine
. Vol. 126, no. 11. November 1999. p. 69.
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"ECA Firnas-142"
.
www.aviationsmilitaires.net
(in French).
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"L'Algerie veut commercialiser ces avions Safir 43 et Firnas 142 (m..."
Skyrock
(in French). 31 October 2007
. Retrieved
28 April
2018
.
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"GFS fleet"
. gfs.gov.hk
. Retrieved
12 March
2013
.
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"Des avions... made in Algeria"
.
Aeronautique.ma
. Retrieved
17 January
2016
.
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Jubbs, Leslie R. (2003).
Royal Australian Air Force Air Training Corps : now the Australian Air Force Cadets in Western Australia, 1941 to 2001
. [L.R. Jubbs?].
OCLC
223680441
.
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"Military Aviation".
Air-Britain News
.
Air-Britain
. July 2016. p. 1145.
ISSN
0950-7442
.
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Hatch
Flight International
29 November?5 December 1989, p. 45.
- ^
Flight International
16?22 November 2004, p. 53.
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"Hrvatski vojni piloti na ?e?kim avionima"
[Croatian military pilots in Czech planes] (in Croatian).
Nacional (weekly)
. 3 April 2006.
Archived
from the original on 3 September 2012
. Retrieved
7 July
2012
.
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Flight International
16?22 November 2004, p. 54.
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"Hungary purchases light aircraft from Zlin"
.
janes.com
. Retrieved
17 January
2017
.
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Flight International
16?22 November 2004, p. 73.
- ^
a
b
c
Jackson 2003, p. 114.
- ^
"Zlin Z-242"
Archived
September 21, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
.
Ministry of Defence: Slovenian Armed Forces
. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1975).
Jane's all the world's aircraft 1975?76
(66th annual ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Inc. p. 37.
ISBN
978-0531032503
.
- ^
"
"EASA TYPE-CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET: EASA.A.027: Z 42 Series"
.
European Aviation Safety Agency
, Issue 7, 25 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- Bibliography
- Hatch, Paul.
"World's Air Forces 1989"
.
Flight International
. No. 29 November?5 December 1989. pp. 37?106.
- Simpson, R. W. (1995).
Airlife's General Aviation
(Second ed.). Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd.
ISBN
1-85310-577-5
.
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Air Britain Aviation World
. No. Autumn 2021. p. 195.
- Taylor, John W R, ed. (1971).
Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72
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ISBN
0-354-00094-2
.
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Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980-81
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ISBN
0-7106-0705-9
.
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ISBN
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.
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Flight International
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- ^
Moravan official site
. Accessed October 31, 2005.
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