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|name=HA-31 Basant<br />
|image=Basant_by_HAL_7871.JPG<br />
|caption=<br />
}}{{Infobox Aircraft Type<br />
|type=Agricultural/utility aircraft<br />
|manufacturer=[[Hindustan Aeronautics]]<br />
|designer=<br />
|first flight=[[1972 in aviation|1972]] (Mark II)<br />
|introduced=<br />
|retired=<br />
|status=<br />
|primary user=<br />
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|produced=1972-1980<br />
|number built=39<br />
|variants with their own articles=<br />
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The '''Hindustan Aeronautics HA-31 Basant''' (en: Spring) is a 1970s [[India]]n [[agricultural aircraft|agricultural]] monoplane built by [[Hindustan Aeronautics]].<br />
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Hindustan Aeronautics started to design an agricultural aircraft in 1968 designated the '''HAL-31 Mk 1''' with a cockpit directly over the wing leading edge. It was re-designed as the '''HA-31 Mk II Basant''' and first flew on the 30 March 1972. The Basant is a conventional braced low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and powered by a 400&nbsp;hp (298&nbsp;kW) [[Avco Lycoming IO-720]] piston engine. It had a raised cockpit to give the pilot a good all-round view during spraying operations. Production ended in 1980 after 39 aircraft had been built.<br />
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==Specifications (Mk II)==<br />
{{Aircraft specs<br />
|ref=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)'', 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2160<br />
|prime units? = imp<br />
|crew=One<br />
|length m=9<br />
|length ft=29<br />
|length in=6.25<br />
|span m=12<br />
|span ft=39<br />
|span in=4.5<br />
|height m=2.55<br />
|height ft=8<br />
|height in=4.5<br />
|wing area sqm=23.34<br />
|wing area sqft=251.23<br />
|empty weight kg=1200<br />
|empty weight lb=2645<br />
|gross weight kg=2270<br />
|gross weight lb=5000<br />
|eng1 number=1<br />
|eng1 name=[[Lycoming IO-720|Avco Lycoming IO-720-C1B]] flat-eight piston engine<br />
|eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->298<br />
|eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->400<br />
|max speed kmh=225 <br />
|max speed note=<ref name="JAWA80-81p90-91">Taylor 1981, pp. 90–91</ref>|max speed mph=140<br />
|cruise speed kmh=<!-- if max speed unknown -->185<br />
|cruise speed mph=<!-- if max speed unknown -->115<br />
|range km=645<br />
|range note=<ref name="JAWA80-81p90-91"/>|range miles=400<br />
|ceiling m=3,800<br />
|ceiling note=<ref name="JAWA80-81p90-91"/>|ceiling ft=12,500<br />
|climb rate ms=3.8<br />
|climb rate note=<ref name="JAWA80-81p90-91"/>|climb rate ftmin=750<br />
}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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==References==<br />
===Notes===<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
* Taylor, J. W. R. (ed.). ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81''. London: Jane's, 1981. {{ISBN|0-531-03953-6}}.<br />
* ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985)'', 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2160<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Commons category-inline}}<br />
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{{HAL aircraft}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hal Basant}}<br />
[[Category:1970s Indian agricultural aircraft]]<br />
[[Category:HAL aircraft|Basant]]<br />
[[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]]<br />
[[Category:Low-wing aircraft]]<br />
[[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1972]]</div>
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