FMA IA 50

FMA IA 50 Guarani II
Type:	Transport plane
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	April 23, 1963
Commissioning:	1966
Number of pieces:	35

The FMA IA 50 Guarani II was a twin-engine travel, feeder and transport aircraft of the Fabrica Militar de Aviones.

Development history

The Guarani I

The Guarani II at the Aerosalon in Paris

The FMA, which operated as DINFIA from 1957 to 1968, decided in 1960 to build the first PTL aircraft in Latin America. Using components from FMA I.Ae. 35 Huanquero, the DINFIA FA 1 Guarani I was created . Their first flight took place on February 6, 1962. The further development was named Guarani II . Instead of the double tail unit, the aircraft received a new, heavily swept vertical tail unit. In addition, the more powerful Turbomeca Bastan VIa engine was used. The first flight took place on April 26, 1963.

It was used by the Argentine Air Force and Navy as a troop transport, government aircraft, photo aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft.

The last flying copy was taken out of service in 2006 at the II Brigada Aéria in Paraná . It is on display in the Museo Nacional de Aeronàutica in Morón , Buenos Aires .

construction

• Fuselage: light metal half-shell construction
• Structure: cantilever low wing aircraft in all-metal construction with a spar, fabric-covered ailerons, all-metal landing flaps
• Tail unit: cantilevered normal construction in all metal, swept rudder
• Landing gear: hydraulically operated, retractable nose wheel landing gear with twin wheels on both main struts , hydraulically operated disc brakes

Military users

 Argentina

• Argentine Air Force
• Argentine Navy

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
Passengers	15th
length	14.86 m
span	19.53 m
height	5.81 m
Wing area	41.81 m²
Empty mass	3,924 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	7,120 kg
Cruising speed	485 km / h
Top speed	500 km / h
Service ceiling	12,500 m
Range	2500 km
Engines	2 × x Turbomeca Bastan VI-A turboprop engines with 694 kW each

literature

• Wilfried Copenhagen and Rolf Neustädt: The large aircraft type book , Transpress Verlag , Berlin
• John WR Taylor: Janes's All The Worlds's Aircraft 1965-66
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , Orbis Publishing

Web links

• FMA IA 50 Guaraní II at Flickr
• FMA IA 50 Guaraní II at Flickr
• FMA IA50 Guarani II at aviastar.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66