FMA I.Ae. 21st

FMA I.Ae. 21st
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	May 14, 1943
Number of pieces:	1 prototype

The FMA I.Ae. 21 was a trainer aircraft from the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

History and construction

Due to the Second World War , Argentina was no longer able to acquire strategic materials from warring nations. For this reason, attempts were made to develop new aircraft using raw materials that were available in their own country. First of all, attention was paid to the North American NA-16, which was already in service in Argentina, and the I.Ae. 21 derive. The machine had the same fuselage structure as the NA-16 and revised wings. The aircraft was to be powered by an El Gaucho I.Ae.-17 star engine with 330 kW developed in Argentina , but since this was not available, a Wright R-975 Whirlwind star engine with 410 kW was used. Although the prototype performed satisfactorily, the fuselage structure ultimately turned out to be unsuitable for series production due to the lack of materials, so the FMA I.Ae. 22 to develop.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	8.52 m
span	12 m
height	2.60 m
Wing area	22.30 m²
Empty mass	1,550 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	2,330 kg
Cruising speed	240 km / h
Top speed	300 km / h
Service ceiling	6,200 m
Range	1,200 km
Engines	1 × Wright R 975 Whirlwind star engine with 410 kW

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : FMA 21  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• FMA 21 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 20, 2016
• LOS AVIONES DE LA PRIMERA Época ( Memento of January 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data from airwar.ru (Russian), accessed on May 20, 2016