FMA I.Ae. 23

FMA I.Ae. 23
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	July 7, 1945
Number of pieces:	1

The FMA I.Ae. 23 was a trainer aircraft from the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

history

FMA manufactured around 190 Focke-Wulf Fw 44Js under license from 1937 to 1942 . In 1944 the Instituto Aerotécnico began a variant of the Fw 44 made from local woods under the name I.Ae. 23 to be used as a beginner's training aircraft and for aerobatics in the Air Force and the Argentine flying clubs. For this reason the machine was given the unofficial name Focke-Wulf de madera (Holz-Focke-Wulf). The first flight finally took place on July 7, 1945. Despite good performance, there was no series production, as more modern foreign aircraft were now available.

construction

The I.Ae. 23 was a guyed double-decker with a fixed tail wheel landing gear . The pilots sat one behind the other in open cockpits. In contrast to the Fw 44J , where it consisted of welded steel tubes, the fuselage, like the wings, was made of a wooden frame and covered with fabric. It was powered by the Siemens Sh 14 A seven-cylinder radial engine with 100 kW, manufactured under license .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	7.30 m
span	9 m
height	2.72 m
Wing area	20 m²
Empty mass	500 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	860 kg
Cruising speed	160 km / h
Top speed	188 km / h
Service ceiling	4,200 m
Range	720 km
Engines	1 × Siemens Sh 14 A seven-cylinder radial engine with 100 kW

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

• IAe.23 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 20, 2016
• FMA I.Ae. 23 at aviastar.org , accessed May 20, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FMA I.Ae. 23 at aviacionargentina.net (Spanish), accessed May 20, 2016
2. ↑ Fuerza Aérea Argentina on Facebook.com (Spanish), accessed on May 20, 2016
3. ↑ Data on airwar.ru (Russian), accessed on May 20, 2016