page_title: LAK-12
section_title: Specifications (LAK-12)
hierarchical_section_title: LAK-12 / Specifications (LAK-12)
caption_attribution_description: Landing glider "Sportine Aviacija LAK-12 Lietuva"
context_page_description: The LAK-12 is a Lithuanian mid-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class glider that was designed and produced by Lietuviškos Aviacinės Konstrukcijos in Lithuania and later by Sportine Aviacija and Sport Aviation USSR.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89
  General characteristics
  Crew: one
  Length: 7.23 m (23 ft 9 in)
  Wingspan: 20.42 m (67 ft 0 in)
  Height: 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
  Wing area: 14.63 m² (157.5 sq ft)
  Aspect ratio: 28.5:1
  Airfoil: Root: Wortmann FX67-K-170, tip: FX67- K-150
  Empty weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb) with ballast
  Water ballast: 190 l (50 US gal; 42 imp gal)
  Performance
  Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
  Never exceed speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn) in smooth air
  Max aero-tow speed: 140 km/h (76 kn; 87 mph)
  g limits: +6 -3
  Maximum glide ratio: 47:1
  Best glide speed: 95 km/h (51 kn; 59 mph)
  Rate of sink: 0.48 m/s (94 ft/min) 
  Minimum sink speed: 75 km/h (40 kn; 47 mph)
  Wing loading: 44.42 kg/m² (9.10 lb/sq ft) max
caption: LAK-12
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