AME VI
| AME VI | |
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| Type: | Double Decker - Recon |
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| First flight: |
1924 |
| Commissioning: |
1925 |
| Production time: |
1924 to 1931 |
| Number of pieces: |
20th |
The AME VI was a military two-seater reconnaissance aircraft in double-decker and all-metal construction with tail-wheel landing gear , which was developed and manufactured in Spain in the 1920s.
The Spanish engineer and military pilot Manuel Bada Vasallo developed this machine in collaboration with Arturo González Gil . The first two prototypes were built in the AME (Aeronáutica Militar Española) workshops at Cuatro Vientos airfield in 1924. The wings of the AME were based on those of the Bristol F.2 . The type designations AME and VI were chosen due to the construction site and the task force VI.
The AME VI was equipped with a 300 HP engine from Hispano-Suiza type 8FB , which was provided with an aerodynamic engine fairing . A total of twenty copies were built from 1924, which were in service from February 1927 at the Escuela de Observadores de Cuatro Vientos observation school until the final dissolution of Grupo VI in 1931.
Technical specifications
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7.8 m
- Span: 11.9 m
- Empty weight: 870 kg
- Maximum take-off weight: 1,250 kg
- Engine: Hispano-Suiza 8FB
- Power: 300 hp
- Cruising speed (Vc): 190 km / h
- Maximum range: 500 km
- Service ceiling: 6,100 m
- Armament: a rear-facing machine gun and light bombs.
literature
- Enciclopedia de la Aviación Militar Española: Vol. 1, Quirón Ediciones ISBN 84-87314-71-6