FMA I.Ae. 34

FMA I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú
Type:	Glider
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	June 20, 1949
Number of pieces:	6th

The FMA I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú was a glider manufactured by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Militar de Aviones .

history

Reimar Horten came to Argentina after the war . Here he continues to work at the Instituto Aerotécnico on the flying wing concept and designed the I.Ae. 34 Clen Antu , which was sometimes referred to as Horten XVa . The first flight took place on June 20, 1949. The new control concept was to be tested with the first four machines. Two single-seaters were built for the international sailplane competition in Madrid in 1952, but the machines were unsuccessful in the competition.

The single-seat I.Ae. 34M at the glider competition in Madrid. The retractable nose wheel is easy to see.

construction

The I.Ae. 34 was a two-seat tailless flying wing glider. The wings were slightly V-shaped and swept back about 21.8 °. The pilots sat in two closed cockpits behind and one above the other in the fuselage, actually the middle part of the wing, which tapered to a point at the rear, which gave the aircraft, which had no tail unit, improved yaw stability. The middle section with the cockpits was made of plywood, the rest of the wing, a wooden structure covered with fabric. The machine had two partially recessed wheels located one behind the other under the middle section, as well as a skid on the underside of the bow.

Versions

• I.Ae. 34 - two-seater standard version, alias Horten XVa .
• I.Ae. 34M - single-seat version with retractable nose wheel and 25 kg lighter than the two-seater. Also known as hoarding XVb .

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	1
length	4.40 m
span	18 m
height	1.6 m
Wing area	18.9 m²
Glide ratio	17.1
Slightest sinking	0.27 m / s at 70 km / h
Empty mass	270 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	430 kg
Max. Towing speed	250 km / h

Preserved copies

An I.Ae. 34M is located in the Museo de la Industria in Córdoba .

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Leonard Bridgman: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956-57, 1956
• Reimar Horten, Peter F. Selinger: Nurflügel. H. Wieshaupt Verlag, Graz 1985, pp. 59-93, ISBN 3-900310-09-2 .

Web links

Commons : I.Ae. 34  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Gliding Championship , Flight, July 11, 1952 , accessed May 27, 2016
• I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú on taringa.net (Spanish), accessed May 27, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Leonard Bridgman: Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1956–57, 1956
2. ^ Reimar Horten, Peter F. Selinger: Nurflügel. H. Wieshaupt Verlag, Graz 1985, pp. 59-93