FMA I.Ae. 30th

FMA I.Ae. 30 Ñancú
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	July 17, 1948
Number of pieces:	1 prototype

The FMA I.Ae. 30 Ñancú was a fighter aircraft made by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

history

The I.Ae. 30 was developed by a development team from the Instituto Aerotécnico under the direction of the Italian aeronautical engineer Cesare Pallavicino . The requirement was to develop a fast escort fighter with long range, similar to the de Havilland DH.103 Hornet , to accompany the Avro Lincoln bombers of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina . Three prototypes were commissioned. Extensive tests of the first showed excellent performance data, but the development was in favor of the FMA I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I canceled. The two prototypes under construction were scrapped at the factory.

construction

The machine had a closed cockpit and was made entirely of metal. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin 604s with 1,342 kW each. The Ñancú was designed as a low- wing aircraft and had a conventional tail unit and a retractable tail wheel landing gear.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
length	11.52 m
span	15 m
height	5.16 m
Wing area	35.32 m²
Empty mass	6,208 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	7,600 kg
Cruising speed	500 km / h
Top speed	740 km / h
Service ceiling	8,000 m
Range	2,700 km
Engines	2 × Rolls-Royce Merlin 604 V-12 piston engines with 1,342 kW each
Armament (planned)	4 × 20 mm Oerlikon automatic cannons or 4 × 20 mm Hispano-Suiza automatic cannons and a 250 kg bomb under the fuselage and 5 83 mm rockets per wing

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Ricardo Burzaco, "Las Alas de Perón: Aeronaútica Argentina 1945/1960" b New York: Ed. Da Vinci, 1995. ISBN 978-987-96764-4-8 .

Web links

Commons : I.Ae. 30 Ñancú  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• I.Ae. 30 at airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 24, 2016
• I.Ae.30 - one of the best propeller hunters on fliegerrevuex.aero , accessed on May 24, 2016
• FMA IAe 30 Ñancú on oldmachinepress.com (English), accessed on May 24, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data on airwar.ru (Russian), accessed on May 24, 2016
2. ↑ "Aviation 1806-1982" at militariarg.com (English), accessed on May 24, 2016