ESPOSA First flight EM 11C Orka with TP100

On Friday, February 13, shortly after noon, a pair of TP 100 turboprop engines began running smoothly on the EM-11C Orka aircraft of the Polish firm Margański & Myslowski. Afterwards, the aircraft took off elegantly into the sky over the Czechowice-Dziedzice aerodrome in the Silesian Voivodeship. This was the first flight performed within the ESPOSA project, which is coordinated by PBS Velká Bíteš.
The pilot, Krzysztof Galus, right from the very beginning appreciated the high acceleration on the runway. In the first minutes, he tested the rate of climb of the aircraft at 10 m/s. The testing also included flight with one engine. During the test, the Orka climbed up to 2.5 metres per second. After landing, the flight test pilot was really excited. In his opinion, the combination of the TP 100 engines from PBS and the Orka aircraft was excellent. He characterized the aircraft handling during take-off, flight and landing as very simple. During this significant afternoon, the Orka went up three times, with an overall flight length of almost 1.5 hours.