IPT-2 Aratinga

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IPT-2 Aratinga
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Type: Glider
Design country:

BrazilBrazil Brazil

Manufacturer:

Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas

First flight:

1942

Number of pieces:

1

The IPT-2 Aratinga was a glider produced by the Brazilian Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas (IPT).

history

In the early 1940s, the Wood Research Department of the Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas carried out intensive research into the use of indigenous woods in aircraft construction. The results were so promising that it was decided to set up its own aviation department. Its first director was Frede Abranches Brotero , who gathered a team of young engineers around him. Silvio de Oliveira was entrusted with the development of a new glider for advanced sailors , who decided to revise the Grunau Baby already used in Brazil . The only prototype flew for the first time in 1942. Later the machine was handed over to José Carlos de Barros Neiva , who developed it into a successful glider, the Neiva B Monitor .

construction

The IPT-2 Aratinga was designed as a stripped shoulder-wing aircraft with a conventional tail unit and a closed, single-seat cockpit. A skid was under the hull. The machine was a wooden structure made from local woods, with the hull partly covered with plywood and partly covered with fabric. The wings were completely covered with fabric.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
length 5.52 m
span 10 m
height ? m
Wing area 8.7 m²
Wing extension 11.5
Glide ratio ?
Slightest sinking ?
Empty mass 185 kg
Max. Takeoff mass ? kg
Minimum speed 55 km / h
Top speed 130 km / h

See also

literature

  • Roberto Pereira: Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros , 1997, p. 216 ff. ISBN 85-250-2137-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IPT-02 Aratinga on j2mcl-planeurs.net (French), accessed on April 7, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d Roberto Pereira: Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros , 1997, p. 216 ff. ISBN 85-250-2137-7