LIBIS KB-6

KB-6 Matajur
Role Two-seat light basic trainer and touring aircraft
Manufacturer Letalski Institut Branko Ivanus Slovenija
Designer Dušan Cener
First flight 4 June 1952
Status Retired
Primary user Slovenian aero clubs

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

Design and development

The aircraft design office of LIBIS 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 135 hp (101 kW) Regnier 4L.00 inline engine.
KB-6T Matajur-Trised
Three-seat development powered by a 160 hp (120 kW) Walter Minor 6-III-J inline engine, eight built.[1]
LIBIS 160
Further developed version of the KB-6T with swept vertical tail, 11 built.[1]

Specifications (KB-6)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54[2]

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 4L.00 inverted four-cylinder air-cooled inline piston, 100 kW (135 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. 1 2 Taylor 1964, p.335
  2. ↑ Bridgman 1953, pp.279-280.

References

  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Bridgman, Leonard (ed.) (1953). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54. London: Jane's.
  • Taylor, John W R (1964). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1964-65. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
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