FMA IA-59

FMA IA-59 Tàbano
Type:	Unmanned aerial vehicle
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	December 9, 1972
Number of pieces:	1 prototype

The FMA IA-59 Tàbano also IA-X-59 was an unmanned aerial vehicle made by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

History and construction

In 1972 FMA worked on the development of a remote-controlled drone which was to be used for aerial reconnaissance and aerial target display. The machine was designed as a shoulder-wing monoplane with straight wings and had a double vertical tail. At the bow of the cylindrical fuselage was the McCulloch piston engine with 33 kW. The drone was started from a tilting launch frame with the help of a launch rocket. It was landed with a parachute. Only a prototype was built.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
length	4.07 m
span	3.60 m
height	? m
Wing area	2.25 m²
Empty mass	? kg
Max. Takeoff mass	160 kg
Cruising speed	? km / h
Top speed	340 km / h
Service ceiling	5,900 m
Range	? km
Engines	1 × McCulloch piston engine with 33 kW

Preserved copies

The prototype is in the Museo de la Industria in Córdoba .

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• "FMA from 1945, Part 14". Air Britain Archive (Air-Britain): 2011/003. March 2011

Web links

• IA-59 on airwar.ru (Russian), accessed June 1, 2016
• FMA IA-59 Tàbano on aviationsmilitaires.net (French), accessed on June 1, 2016
• V - CRUISE MISSILES: THE OTHER AIR BREATHING THREAT at fas.org , accessed June 1, 2016
• Latin American Building blocks in place for UAV industries pdf, accessed June 1, 2016
• FMA IA-59: Aircraft on display at america.pink , accessed June 1, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data from airwar.ru (Russian), accessed June 1, 2016