Beneš-Mráz Bibi

The Beneš-Mráz Bibi was a 1930s Czechoslovak two-seat touring aircraft.

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Be-550 Bibi
Beneš-Mráz Be.550 Bibi, 1939
General information
Type	Sporting aircraft
Manufacturer	Beneš-Mráz
Designer	Pavel Beneš and Jaroslav Mráz
Number built	ca. 18
History
Introduction date	1936
First flight	1936

Design and development

The Bibi was designed and manufactured by Beneš-Mráz, developed from the Beta-Minor design. The Bibi was a lighter, smaller aircraft in which the seats were side-by-side instead of in tandem, and the cockpits were fully enclosed, retaining the Beta-Minor's cantilever low-wing cantilever monoplane layout, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Development of the Bibi began with the Be-501 two-seat cabin tourer, and culminated with the Be-555 Super Bibi.^[1]

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Variants

Be-501 Bibi: Single seat, initial development aircraft for the Bibi cabin tourer.
Be-502 Bibi: Single seat development prototype for the Bibi series.
Be-550 Bibi: Initial production version introduced in 1936, with at least six built, including single exports to Egypt and the UK.
Be-555 Super Bibi: The final iteration of the Bibi with many improvements. Production continued after the start of WWII, with at least ten built.

Specifications (Be-550)

Data from L'Année Aéronautique 1938–1939^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: Two
Length: 7.31 m (24 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 11.51 m (37 ft 9 in)
Height: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 14.0 m² (151 sq ft)
Empty weight: 330 kg (728 lb)
Gross weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron II air-cooled 4-cylinder inverted inline engine, 45 kW (60 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn) at 100 m (330 ft)
Cruise speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
Range: 780 km (480 mi, 420 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft)
Time to altitude: 6 min 30 s to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

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Beneš-Mráz Bibi

Design and development

Operational history

Variants

Specifications (Be-550)

Notes

References

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