Terzi_T30_Katana Knowpia

T30 Katana
Role	Single-seat aerobatic monoplane
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Terzi Aerodyne
Designer	Pietro Terzi
First flight	16 January 1991

The Terzi T30 Katana is an Italian single-seat competition aerobatic monoplane designed by the Milanese aeronautical engineer Pietro Terzi.^[1] Terzi built a limited series with his firm Terzi Aerodyne based in Milan, Italy.^[2]

Design and development edit

The Katana is a single-seat monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear.^[2] The wings and tail are aluminum alloy construction with a steel tube fuselage covered with composite shells.^[2] It is powered by either a nose-mounted Lycoming IO-720 or Lycoming IO-540 piston engine.^[2]

Variant edit

T30C: Powered by a 300hp (224kW) Lycoming IO-540 piston engine.
T30E: Powered by a 400hp (298kW) Lycoming IO-720 piston engine.

Specifications (T30E) edit

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
Empty weight: 658 kg (1,451 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 880 kg (1,940 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-720 piston, 300 kW (400 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 506 km/h (314 mph, 273 kn)
Cruise speed: 359 km/h (223 mph, 194 kn)
Stall speed: 98 km/h (61 mph, 53 kn)
Range: 402 km (250 mi, 217 nmi)
Rate of climb: 23 m/s (4,500 ft/min)

References edit

Notes edit

^ Postlethwaite, Alan (3 June 1989). "Terzi secures orders for aerobatic Katana" (PDF). Flight International: 17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Taylor 1996, p. 475