LIBIS KB-6

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KB-6 Matajur
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Role Two-seat light trainer and touring aircraft
Designer Letalski Institut Branko Ivanus Slovenija
First flight 1952
Variants LIBIS KB-11

The LIBIS KB-6 Matajur was a 1950s Yugoslavian two-seat light monoplane designed by Letalski Institut Branko Ivanus Slovenija.

Design and development

The aircraft design office of the Letalski Institut Branko Ivanus Slovenija brought together teachers and students of the Ljubljana technical high school. The design office designed the KB-6 Matajur which was a two-seat light trainer and tourer that first flew on 4 June 1952. The KB-6 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating and dual controls. The aircraft was produced for use in aero-clubs until the mid-1960s.

Variants

KB-6 Matajur
Main production variant powered by a 136hp (101kw) Regnier 4L.00 inline engine.
KB-6T Matajur-Trised
Three-seat development powered by a Walter Minor 6-III-J inline engine, eight built.
LIBIS 160
Further developed version of the KB-6T with swept vertical tail, 11 built.

Specifications (KB-6)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two
  • Length: 8.83 m (27 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.60 m (34 ft 9¼ in)
  • Height: 2.15 m (7 ft 0¾ in)
  • Wing area: 14.0 m2 (150.70 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 659 kg (1,453 lb)
  • Gross weight: 979 kg (2,159 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Régnier 4L00 inverted four-cylinder air-cooled inline piston, 101 kW (136 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 222 km/h (138 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 200 km/h (124 mph)
  • Range: 820 km (510 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (689 ft/min)

Notes

  1. Bridgman 1953, pp.279-280.

References

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See also