FMA Ae.C.2

FMA Ae.C.2
The prototype of the Ae.C.2
Type:	Multipurpose aircraft
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	April 18, 1932
Number of pieces:	71

The FMA Ae.C.2 is a multi-purpose aircraft produced by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

History and construction

The Ae.C.2 is the second aircraft developed in Argentina and a further development of the FMA Ae.C.1 . She was also designed as a low-wing aircraft and had a non-retractable tail landing gear. Depending on the version, the aircraft has either two open cockpits in tandem configuration or one closed cabin. Only the prototype was a single-seater. The aircraft were powered by a Wright R-760 seven-cylinder radial engine with 180 kW. In some versions, the engine was covered with a NACA hood .

An Ae.MOe.1

The only Ae.MS.1

Versions

• Ae.C.2 - civil version, 2 built
• Ae.ME.1 - military trainer aircraft, 7 built
• Ae.MO.1 - military observation aircraft with revised tail unit. Some were equipped with two synchronized machine guns in the front body and a rotating one on the observer seat, 41 built
• Ae.MOe.1 - military observation and training aircraft built as a trainer for the crews of Ae.MO.1 , 6
• Ae.MOe.2 - military observation and training aircraft with revised tail unit, 14 built
• Ae.MS.1 - closed cabin military air ambulance, 1 built

Military use

 Argentina

• Fuerza Aérea Argentina

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data (Ae.ME.1)
crew	2
span	12 m
height	2.70 m
Wing area	19 m²
Empty mass	650 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	1130 kg
Cruising speed	175 km / h
Top speed	220 km / h
Service ceiling	5000 m
Range	1500 km
Engines	1 × Wright R-760 seven-cylinder radial engine with 180 kW

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1938, pp. 3c ff
• Taylor, Michael JH (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. P. 393.

Web links

• FMA Ae.C.2 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 17, 2016
• Photo of an Ae.ME.1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1938, pp. 3c ff
2. ↑ http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/aec2.html