The PZL M-25 Dromader Mikro (''Dromader'' is Polish for "Dromedary") is an unbuilt project for a single engine

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, developed in the 1980s by the

WSK-Mielec PZL Mielec (''Polskie Zakłady Lotnicze'' - Polish Aviation Works), formerly WSK-Mielec (''Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego'') and WSK "PZL-Mielec" is a Polish aerospace manufacturer based in Mielec. It is the largest aerospace manufacturer i ...

(later PZL-Mielec) from the

PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader The PZL-Mielec M-18 ''Dromader'' ( English: "Dromedary") is a single engine agricultural aircraft that is manufactured by PZL-Mielec in Poland. The aircraft is used mainly as a cropduster or firefighting machine. Development PZL-Mielec, then k ...

.Glass 2009, p.8 It did not progress beyond the design stage.

Development

During the 1980s, PZL developed a range of agricultural aircraft optimised for larger and smaller areas of land than their successful M-18 Dromader.Glass 1983, pp.6–7Simpson 1995, p.316 These included the downsized M-21 Dromader Mini and the enlarged M-24 Dromader Super, both of which flew in prototype form. The M-25 Dromader Mikro would have been the smallest of the family. It was intended not only for aerial spraying, but to direct aerial spraying operations.Luto PZL hoped it might replace other small agricultural aircraft in widespread use in

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countries, such as the

PZL-101 Gawron The PZL-101 Gawron (''Rook (bird), rook'') is a Polish agricultural aircraft, agricultural and utility aircraft designed and built by Państwowe Zakłady Lotnicze, WSK-Okęcie (later PZL "Warszawa-Okęcie"). Design and development The PZL-101 w ...

and Zlin Z 37. However, by 1988, the project was abandoned along with the M-21 and M-24 as the company did not have sufficient capacity to manufacture additional designs.

Design

The M-25 was designed as a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. Construction was to be metal throughout. It would have been equipped with a single seat in an enclosed cabin. Power would be supplied by a single

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radial engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose.

Specifications (as designed)

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