Aerfer Sagittario II
| Aerfer Sagittario II | |
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_Sagittario_2_MM560_LeB_29.05.57.jpg) Sagittario II at the 1957 Paris Air Show |
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| Type: | Fighter bomber |
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| First flight: |
May 19, 1956 |
| Number of pieces: |
2 prototypes |
The Aerfer Sagittario II is an aircraft produced by the Italian manufacturer Aerfer . The machine is a jet-powered mid - decker . The design goal was to create a lightweight single-seat fighter - bomber . The machine did not go into series production. Two prototypes were made. The first flight took place on May 19, 1956. The aircraft was developed on the basis of the Ambrosini Sagittario .
The machine had a retractable nose wheel landing gear and a pressurized cabin . The wings and tail were swept. The drive turbine was located in the bow and let the exhaust gas flow out under the fuselage stern at the height of the wing trailing edge. In orbit flight, the machine could reach supersonic speed, making it the first aircraft in Italy to achieve this. The development was continued with the Aerfer Ariete .
A machine of this type is in the Museo dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana in Vigna di Valle near Rome .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| length | 9.50 m |
| span | 7.50 m |
| height | 2.02 m |
| Wing area | 14.73 m³ |
| Empty mass | 2300 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 3293 kg |
| Cruising speed | |
| Top speed | 1040 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 14,000 m |
| Climb performance | 2468 m / min near the ground |
| Range | 765 km nominal, 1585 km maximum |
| Engines | 1 × Rolls-Royce Derwent 9, 16.02 kN thrust |
| Armament | 2 × MK caliber 30 mm, 450 kg bomb load at outstations |
Received aircraft
An aircraft is on display in the Italian Aviation Museum Vigna di Valle .
Web links
- Image ( Memento from October 28, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Aeronautica Militare: Museo Storico di Vigna di Valle. In: Aerfer Sagittario II. Ministero della Difesa, accessed January 25, 2011 (Italian).