Aerotec A.132 Tangará

Aerotec A.132 Tangará
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Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	Brazil
Manufacturer:	Aerotec SA Industria Aeronáutica
First flight:	February 26, 1981
Number of pieces:	7th

The Aerotec A. 132 Tangará is a trainer aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer Aerotec SA Industria Aeronáutica .

history

The A. 132 Tangará , originally called A. 132 Uirapuru II, is a military training aircraft that was developed on the basis of a suggestion by the Brazilian Air Force. The Tangará (military name: YT-17) was to replace the Aerotec A. 122 Uirapuru as the standard training aircraft in the Brazilian Air Force . Ultimately, Brazil, which originally wanted to order 100 copies, opted for the Embraer T-27 , so that only six copies were built for the Bolivian Air Force , in addition to the prototype . The prototype was used by the Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica until 2004 and was later handed over to the designer's son. Since then, after installing a Lycoming IO-360-C with 149 kW, it has been used by the Aeroclube de São José dos Campos for aerobatic training.

construction

The Tangará is based on the Uirapuru and uses the same engine, a 4-cylinder Lycoming O-320B2B boxer engine with 119 kW. However, there are significant differences in design. The machine was slightly larger than its predecessor and, like this one, had an all-metal construction, predominantly aluminum, but steel in critical areas. Like its predecessor, the aircraft has a fixed nose wheel landing gear, a conventional tail unit and a cockpit that can be entered by pushing back the hood and enables 360-degree all-round visibility. The crew sit next to each other.

Versions

A. 132A - Military training aircraft
A. 132B - planned civil version
A. 135 Tangara II - planned two-seat military training aircraft in tandem configuration based on the A. 132 with a slimmer fuselage, visually similar to the Enaer T-35 Pillán . Only a mock-up was built.

Military use

Bolivia Bolivia

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	7.09 m
span	9 m
height	2.70 m
Wing area	13.77 m²
Wing extension	5.9
Empty mass	560 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	860 kg
Cruising speed	174 km / h
Top speed	238 km / h
Service ceiling	4500 m
Range	4:18 h
Engines	1 × Lycoming O-320B2B , 4-cylinder boxer engine with 119 kW

literature

Taylor, JWR: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1981-82 , 1981, p. 9, ISBN 978-0-7106-0729-4 .
Taylor, MJH, Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation , 1989, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-517-69186-1 .
Siegrist, Martin (October 1987). "Bolivian Air Power - 70 Years On". Air International. Vol. 33 no.4. Pp. 170 ff, 194. ISSN 0306-5634.

Web links

Aerotec A-132 Tangará (Portuguese), accessed February 18, 2018
Photos of the Tangará , accessed February 18, 2018

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Taylor, JWR: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1981-82 , 1981, p. 9, ISBN 978-0-7106-0729-4 .
↑ Taylor, MJH, Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation , 1989, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-517-69186-1 .
↑ Aerotec A-132 Tangará (Portuguese), accessed February 18, 2018.
↑ Aerotec A-132 Tangará accessed on February 18, 2018.
^ Roberto Pereira: Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros , 1997, p. 23 ff, ISBN 85-250-2137-7

[janes-1] Taylor, JWR: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1981-82 , 1981, p. 9, ISBN 978-0-7106-0729-4 .

[janes2-2] Taylor, MJH, Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation , 1989, p. 39, ISBN 978-0-517-69186-1 .

[3] Aerotec A-132 Tangará (Portuguese), accessed February 18, 2018.

[4] Aerotec A-132 Tangará accessed on February 18, 2018.

[5] Roberto Pereira: Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros , 1997, p. 23 ff, ISBN 85-250-2137-7