I.Ae. D.L. 22
The I.Ae. 22 DL was an Argentine advanced training aircraft designed by the Instituto Aerotecnico (AeroTechnical Institute) in 1943. It had a wooden structure, and a 9-cylinder 450 HP radial engine (Ae 16 "El Gaucho") with a Hamilton Standard 2M-D-30 metallic propeller. The prototype flew the 8 August 1944, although some sources give 14 May 1944.[1] Approximately 200 aircraft were built. A version with an Armstrong Siddeley "Cheetah" 25 engine (radial 7 cylinder, 475 HP) and a Rotol constant speed propeller was designated I.Ae. 22- C.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Wingspan 12,60 m;
- length 9,20 m;
- height 2,82 m;
- wing surface 23,19 m2;
- empty weight 1.520 kg;
- total weight 2.220 kg;
- wing load 96 kg/m2;
- weight-power ratio 5,28 kg/HP.
Performance
- Maximum speed 290 km/h at 450 m;
- cruise speed 260 km/h;
- landing speed 110 km/h;
- service ceiling 5.200 m;
- absolute ceiling 6000 m;
- range 1.100 km / 4 hours 15 min.
Armament
- 2 x 7,65 mm fixed machine guns (450 rounds each)
- 3 x 50 kg bombs, or 9 x 15 kg, or 6 x 11 kg rockets.
See also
- North American T-6 Texan trainer, a comparable aircraft
References
- ^ von Rauch, Georg; Veres, David L. (March 1983). "Argentina's Wooden Warriors". Air Classics (Challenge Publications) 19 (3): 14-21.
- Burgos, Antonio C. "Los 75 años de la Fábrica Militar de Aviones"(in Spanish). aeroespacio.com. Retrieved: 15 October 2009.
- "Fabrica Militar de Aviones" (in Spanish). Aerospacio, Buenos Aires, 1977. Article on the 50th anniversary of the "Fabrica Militar de Aviones" listing all the aircraft developed and manufactured there since 1927.
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