title: PIK-26
text: # PIK-26
  
  PIK-26 Mini-Sytky is a low-wing monoplane, designed by the Finnish aircraft designer Kai Mellen. Its high performance allows it to cruise at 173 km/h while burning 7 litres/hour. Several aircraft of this design are now flying.
  
  The PIK-26 is mainly constructed from wood. While the skins are made of birch plywood, and the spars of pine, the wing ribs are made of PVC foam. Construction time for the PIK-26 is about 2,300 hours.
  
  ## Specifications (PIK-26 Mini-Sytky)
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Capacity: 106 kg (234 lb)
  * Length: 4.33 m (14 ft 2 in)
  * Wingspan: 5.24 m (17 ft 2 in)
  * Height: 1.22 m (4 ft 0 in)
  * Wing area: 6 $m^2$ (65 sq ft)
  * Airfoil: GAW-2 / NACA LS(1)-0413
  * Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 27 L (7.1 US gal; 5.9 imp gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Citroen Visa 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 26 kW (35 hp)
  
               or Mosler MMCB
  * Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
  
  Performance
  
  * Stall speed: 63 km/h (39 mph, 34 kn)
  * Never exceed speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
  * Range: 450 km (280 mi, 240 nmi) (with 45 min reserve)
  * Service ceiling: 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 3.2 m/s (630 ft/min)
  * Fuel consumption: 7 L/h (1.8 gal/h; 1.5 imp gal/h)
  * Take-off run: 170 m (558 ft)
  * Landing run: 250 m (820 ft)
  