The LIBIS KB-6 Matajur was a 1950s
Slovenia
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n two-seat light
monoplane
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designed and produced by LIBIS aircraft during
Yugoslavia
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n period.
Design and development
The aircraft design office of LIBIS brought together teachers and students of the
Ljubljana
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technical high school. The design office designed the KB-6 Matajur which was a two-seat light trainer and tourer that first flew on 4 June 1952. The KB-6 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating and dual controls. The aircraft was produced for use in aero-clubs until the mid-1960s.
Variants
;KB-6 Matajur
:Main production variant, powered by a
Regnier 4L.00 inline engine.
;KB-6T Matajur-Trised
:Three-seat development powered by a
Walter Minor 6-III-J inline engine, eight built.
[Taylor 1964, p.335]
;LIBIS 160
:Further developed version of the KB-6T with swept vertical tail, 11 built.
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Specifications (KB-6)
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LIBIS aircraft