Specifications and Performance

Type:Piaggio FWP-149D training- and  liaison airplane

Wingspan:11,12 meter
Stabilizer span:4,00 meter
Length:8,78 meter
Height:3,00 meter
Wheelbase:3,15 meter

Weight:max. 1820 kg
In aerobatic configuration: 1450 kg
Empty weight:1185 kg
Useful load: 635kg

Engine: 274 hp Lycoming GO-480B1A6 boxer
Crew:1 pilot + 3 passengers
Aerobatics: 1 pilot en 1 co-pilot

Max. speed:380 km/u - 208 kts
Cruising speed:233 km/u - 125 kts
Climbing speed:4,9 m/sec - 900 ft/min
Ceiling:5000 m - 15000 ft

First Flight:19 juni 1953
Production:268 (190 by Focke Wulf in Bremen, Germany)

Used by:
Germany,  Austria, Nigeria, Tanzania , Oeganda, Israel, Switzerland.

The  Lycoming GO-480B1A6

The engine used for the the FWP149D is the GO-480B1A6 made by Avco Lycoming, an aircooled 6 cylinder boxer engine with a weight of 196 kg.This engine uses a reduction gear box and produces 274 HP with a max. RPM of 3400 during take-off . The fuel consumption during several flying conditions is approximately 60 to 85 liter Avgas 100LL per hour, oil consumption is about 1/2 litre per hour.
The normal TBO is with conversion to 1/2 inch valves 1400 hrs or 12 years. With the original 7/16e inch valves this was only 1200 hrs. or 12 years.
These engines were originally produced by Avco Lycoming , later on also by Piaggio, BMW and M.A.N .

Propeller

The original 3-blade constant speed propeller type Piaggio P.1033/G4/D/A was produced by Piaggio. It has a diameter of 220 cm. The blades are of duraluminium and through an oil pressure driven governor adjustable over a range of a total of 25 degrees. The governor ensures a constant speed, set between 2500 and 3400 RPM.

Furthermore, the Hartzell propeller HC-A3MV20-1F is used, which has a larger diameter and because of that much-improved performance in both the take-off and the cruise.
The Hartzell HC-A3V20--ID/V8433 on the other hand, has a smaller diameter propeller and somewhat lesser performance than the Piaggio propeller.
Today, new propeller blades made ​​by Avia Propeller in the Czech Republic, so the life span of the original Piaggio Propeller can be significantly extended.