FMA Ae.C.1

FMA Ae.C.1
Type:	Multipurpose aircraft
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	October 18, 1931
Number of pieces:	1 prototype

The FMA Ae.C.1 was a light multi-purpose aircraft produced by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

History and construction

The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones was founded in 1926 to build the Avro 504R Gosport training aircraft and the Bristol F.2B and Dewoitine D.21 fighter aircraft under license. This gave the company knowledge and experience in aircraft construction. In 1931, the development of the first Argentine aircraft, the Ae.C.1 began . The machine flew for the first time on October 18, 1931.

The Ae.C.1 was a light multi-purpose aircraft that was designed as a low-wing aircraft and had a non-retractable tail landing gear. The wings were made of wood and, like the fuselage made of steel tubes, were covered with fabric. The aircraft was originally intended with a closed cabin and three seats, but this was reduced to two at the request of the military. The seat next to the pilot could easily be removed so that there was space for a stretcher and the Ae.C.1 could be used as an ambulance aircraft. The aircraft was powered by an Armstrong-Siddeley-Mongoose five-cylinder radial engine with 112 kW. At times an Armstrong-Siddeley-Genet-Major seven-cylinder radial engine with 104 kW was also installed. A Gnome-Rhone star engine with 80 kW is said to have been used as an experiment .

Despite good performance, the aircraft was not built in series. The prototype was adopted by the Argentine Air Force and used until the early 1940s.

Military use

 Argentina

• Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	2
length	7.75 m
span	12.2 m
height	3.16 m
Wing area	19 m²
Empty mass	700 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	1120 kg
Cruising speed	175 km / h
Top speed	210 km / h
Service ceiling	6500 m
Range	1000 km
Engines	1 × Armstrong-Siddeley-Mongoose five-cylinder radial engine with 112 kW

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1938, p. 3c
• Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. 1989, p. 393.

Web links

Commons : Ae.C.1  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FMA Ae.C.1 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 13, 2016
• FMA Ae.C.1 from luftfahrtmuseum.com accessed on May 13, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} data from airwar.ru (Russian), accessed on May 13, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1938, p. 3c