LIPNUR Kunang

NU-25 Kunang
LIPNUR Kunang at Satriamandala Museum, 2023
General information
Type	Sports aircraft
Manufacturer	Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia, Depot Penjelidikan, Pertjobaan dan Pembuatan/LIPNUR
Designer	Nurtanio Pringgoadisuryo (id)[1]
Status	Retired
Number built	1
History
First flight	2 November 1958[2]
Variants	LIPNUR Kunang, The original version LIPNUR Super Kunang, With more powerful engine Volkswagen with 36 horsepower

The LIPNUR Kunang was a single-seat sports aircraft built in Indonesia that first flew in 1958 in the hope that it would inspire interest in aviation amongst Indonesian youth. The only example that was built was subsequently grounded. It was a single-seat monoplane of conventional layout with fixed tailwheel undercarriage.

The sole prototype is now on display at the Satriamandala Museum, Jakarta.^[3] Some source claimed that the aircraft on display is a replica.^[1]

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62^[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Wingspan: 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
• Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 7.7 m² (83 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 9.6:1
• Airfoil: NACA 2412
• Empty weight: 160 kg (353 lb)
• Gross weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 15 L (4.0 US gal; 3.3 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 19 kW (25 hp)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 137 km/h (85 mph, 74 kn)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to LIPNUR Kunang.

• LIPNUR Super Kunang
• LIPNUR Belalang
• LIPNUR Sikumbang

• Taylor, John W. R. (1961). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 62.
• Stroud, Nick (15 October 2017). "Indonesia's Fledgling Insects". The Aviation Historian. 21: 110–117. ISSN 2051-1930.
• Harapan dan Tanggapan Pemerhati dan Mitra (in Indonesian)

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