I.Ae. 31 Colibrí

I.Ae.31 Colibrí
Role Civil trainer
National origin Argentina
Manufacturer Instituto Aerotécnico
Designer Émile Dewoitine
First flight 18 September 1947
Number built 3

The I.Ae.31 Colibrí ("Hummingbird") was a civilian trainer aircraft developed in Argentina in the 1940s.

Design and development

It was designed by Émile Dewoitine and developed by the Instituto Aerotécnico for manufacture by the company H. Goberna factories in Córdoba Province as an initiative under President Juan Perón's first five-year plan.

The design used the AeC.3G of the early 1930s as a starting point, but was a considerably modernized aircraft. Like the AeC.3G, however, it was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with seating for student pilot and instructor in tandem and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Unlike its predecessor, the cockpits were enclosed under a long canopy. Only three units were built.[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.37 m (34 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23012
  • Empty weight: 635 kg (1,400 lb)
  • Gross weight: 916 kg (2,019 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 135 L (30 imp gal; 36 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 air-cooled inverted four-cylinder inline engine, 116 kW (155 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed de-Havilland controllable-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)

See also

Related development

References

Media related to FMA I.Ae. 31 Colibrí at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ Stahl, Guillermo A. (2012-03-01). An Evaluation of the Argentinean Basic Trainer Aircraft Domestic Development Project. Ohio, United States: Air Force Institute of Technology. p. 21. Archived from the original on September 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Bridgeman 1951, p. 9c
  • Bridgeman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 524.
  • Bridgeman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1950-1951 edition New York: The Mcgraw.Hill Book Company, Inc, 1950 Pg.9c(No ISBN)