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LAK-12

Lithuanian glider

Field	Value
name	LAK-12
image	File:Landing glider "Sportine Aviacija LAK-12 Lietuva" (5839855267).jpg
aircraft_type	Open Class sailplane
national_origin	Lithuania
manufacturer	LAK
Sportine Aviacija
Sport Aviation USSR
status	Production completed
number_built	253
first_flight	1986

Sportine Aviacija Sport Aviation USSR The LAK-12 is a Lithuanian mid-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class glider that was designed and produced by Lietuviškos Aviacinės Konstrukcijos (LAK) () in Lithuania and later by Sportine Aviacija and Sport Aviation USSR.

Design and development

The LAK-12 was designed in the 1980s as an open class racer.

The aircraft is made from fibreglass, foam and carbon fibre. Its 20.42 m span foam-core wing employs a Wortmann FX67-K-170 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to a FX67- K-150 section at the wing tip. The wings feature both double-panel upper surface air brakes and flaps that can be set to -7°, -4°, 0°, +5°, +11° and +15°. Water ballast is 190 L held in the wing leading edges and dumped through a centre-fuselage valve. The landing gear is a single retractable monowheel suspended by an oil/nitrogen oleo, plus a tailskid. The cockpit canopy is of one-piece and forward hinged.

Operational history

According to Sportine Aviacija, the current type certificate holder, 253 were manufactured over a twenty-five year production run.

In April 2018 there were 17 LAK-12s listed on the United States Federal Aviation Administration registry, all single-place and certified in the Experimental - Racing/Exhibition category and three registered with Transport Canada in the Limited Class.

Variants

;LAK-12 Lietuva: 20.42 m span open-class sailplane. ;LAK-12 Lietuva 2R:Two-seat version of the LAK-12 with tandem cockpit in an extended fuselage. ;LAK-12E: Experimental 25.5 m span variant built in 1988 and tested in 1988 and 1989, incorporating boundary control via blowholes on the lower surface. Only one produced.

Aircraft on display

The sole LAK-12E currently hangs from the ceiling of the Lithuanian Aviation Museum in Kaunas.

Specifications (LAK-12)

|prime units?=met General characteristics

|max takeoff weight kg=650 |max takeoff weight note=with ballast

Water ballast: 190 L Performance -- |never exceed speed kmh=250 |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note=in smooth air
Max aero-tow speed: 140 kph
Best glide speed: 95 km/h
Minimum sink speed: 75 km/h |wing loading kg/m2=44.42 |wing loading lb/sqft=

References

Activate Media. (2006). "LAK-12 Sportina Aviacija".
[[Federal Aviation Administration]]. (10 April 2018). "Make / Model Inquiry Results".
Lednicer, David. (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage".
"We are".
[[Transport Canada]]. (9 May 2017). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register".
"Sklandytuvas LAK-12E".
"Sklandytuvas LAK-12E".
(1988). "Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89". Jane's Information Group.

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