FMA I.Ae. 41

FMA I.Ae. 41 Urubú
Type:	Glider
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	1953
Number of pieces:	5

The FMA I.Ae. 41 Urubú was a glider manufactured by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

history

In order to meet a request from some Argentine aviation clubs for a two-seater glider with seats next to each other, the Instituto Aerotécnico, under the leadership of Reimar Horten, constructed another flying wing glider .

construction

The construction of the I.Ae. 41 (also called Horten XVc ) was essentially based on the I.Ae. 34 , however, in addition to improved flight characteristics, had a wider wing center section to accommodate two seats side by side in a closed cockpit. Like its predecessor, the aircraft had swept-back wings, the middle section was made of plywood and the rest of the wing was a wooden structure covered with fabric. The Urubú also had two extendable, sprung wheels in tandem configuration.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	1
length	4.40 m
span	18 m
height	1.9 m
Wing area	27 m²
Wing extension	?,?
Glide ratio	24
Slightest sinking	0.85 m / s at 65 km / h
Empty mass	250 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	410 kg
Max. Towing speed	200 km / h

Preserved copies

One copy is exhibited in the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón .

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Horten, Reimar; Peter F. Selinger (1985). Flying wing. Graz: H. Wieshaupt Verlag. Pp. 59-93. ISBN 3-900310-09-2 .
• Burzaco, Ricardo. "Las Alas de Perón, Aeronáutica Argentina 1945/1960", 1995, Editorial Da Vinci. ISBN 978-987-96764-4-8

Web links

Commons : I.Ae. 41 Urubú  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Urubú on twitt.org , accessed on May 31, 2016
• IA.41 Urubu on airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 31, 2016
• I. Ae. 41 (Ho XV c) at nurflugel.com (English), accessed on May 31, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Horten, Reimar; Peter F. Selinger (1985). Flying wing. Graz: H. Wieshaupt Verlag. Pp. 59-93. ISBN 3-900310-09-2
2. ↑ Data from airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 31, 2016