FMA IA 54

FMA IA 54 Carancho
Type:	Glider
Design country:	Argentina
Manufacturer:	Fábrica Militar de Aviones
First flight:	September 1965
Number of pieces:	1

The FMA IA 54 Carancho was a glider manufactured by the Argentine manufacturer Fábrica Argentina de Aviones .

history

At the end of the 1950s, Reimar Horten suggested theoretical studies on laminar flows in wings. To test the results of these studies, he developed a glider, the IA 49 , in 1960 , but it was not built. It was not until 1963 that the Argentine engineer Ricardo Emilio Olmed suggested using another experimental glider, which was easier to build than the model developed by Horten, that work on the IA 54 began. The machine was unofficially Andean condor or Condor V called.

construction

The aircraft essentially consisted of the fuselage of a two-seater Condor IV that had crashed earlier and the new wings with the laminar profile developed by Horton . The machine was made entirely of wood.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	1
length	12.45 m
span	19 m
height	? m
Wing area	29 m²
Wing extension	?
Glide ratio	?
Slightest sinking	? m / s
Empty mass	? kg
Max. Takeoff mass	548 kg
Max. Towing speed	? km / h

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

• IA 54 at volaravela.com.ar (Spanish), accessed May 31, 2016
• IA 54 au airwar.ru (Russian), accessed May 31, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data from volaravela.com.ar (Spanish), accessed May 31, 2016