Aerotec A.122
| Aerotec A.122 Uirapuru | |
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| Type: | Trainer aircraft |
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| First flight: |
June 2, 1965 |
| Production time: |
1968-1977 |
| Number of pieces: |
155 |
The Aerotec A. 122 Uirapuru is a propeller-driven two-seat training aircraft from Aerotec with seats arranged next to each other.
construction
The Uirapuru is an all-metal low-wing aircraft with a Lycoming O-320 - Boxer engine . It is equipped with a fixed nose wheel landing gear and has a closed cabin with a sliding roof and two seats arranged side by side with double controls and a conventional tail unit.
history
In October 1967, the Brazilian Air Force ordered 30 copies to replace the obsolete Fokker S.11 and S.12 (T-21 and T-22) that were in use at the Air Force Academy. Later another 40 and then another 30 were ordered. The Uirapuru was designated the T-23 by the Brazilian Air Force .
The Bolivian Air Force ordered 36 aircraft in 1974, which flew until 1997. In 1975 the Paraguayan Air Force bought eight aircraft, which also replaced the Fokker S.11 there. In 1986, six copies were donated by the Brazilian Air Force. Most of them were decommissioned in 1992 and replaced by the Enaer T-35 Pillán . Thirty were sold in the civil market.
In 1980, at the suggestion of the Brazilian Air Force, the improved version with the designation A. 132 Uirapuru II was developed. Since the Brazilian Air Force did not order this machine, only a few were produced for Bolivia
Versions
- A.122A Uirapuru - T-23, beginner military training aircraft
- A.122B Uirapuru - civil version
- A.122C Uirapuru - T-23C
- A.132 Uirapuru II - revised version with improved cockpit canopy and enlarged tail unit.
Military users
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 2 |
| length | 6.6 m |
| span | 8.50 m |
| height | 2.70 m |
| Wing area | 13.50 m² |
| Empty mass | 540 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 840 kg |
| Cruising speed | 185 km / h |
| Top speed | 225 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4500 m |
| Range | 800 km |
| Engines | 4-cylinder boxer engine Lycoming O-320B2B with 119 kW |
literature
- JWR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72 . (1971) London: Sampson Low. ISBN 0-354-00094-2 , p. 10.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pereira 1977, pp. 13-14.
- ↑ a b Taylor, MJH, Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . (1989), p. 39
- ↑ Taylor, JWR, Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72 . (1971) London: Sampson Low. ISBN 0-354-00094-2 , p. 10.