Aero Boero AB-95
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Aero Boero 95 at Moron museum (Argentina) | |
Role | Light utility aircraft |
National origin | Argentina |
Manufacturer | Aero Boero S.A. |
First flight | March 12, 1959 |
Introduction | 1961 |
Primary user | Aero Clubs |
Produced | 1961–1969 |
Variants | Aero Boero AB-115 |
The Aero Boero AB-95 is a small Argentine civil utility aircraft that first flew on March 12, 1959.[1] It was built by Aero Boero S.A. of Córdoba. The AB-95 is a conventional high-wing monoplane built of fabric-covered metal structure. It has fixed undercarriage.[1]
Variants
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- AB-95 – basic production version.[1] 95 h.p. Continental C-90-12F
- AB-95A de Lujo – 75 kW (100 hp) Continental O-200-A engine.[1]
- AB-95A Fumigador – crop duster with O-200A engine,[1] and a 55-Imp gallon (250 liters) chemical tank.
- AB-95B – 1963 version with 112 kW (150 hp) engine.
- AB-115BS – air ambulance version fitted with a stretcher (25 built).[2]
- AB-95-115 – 86 kW (115 hp) Textron Lycoming O-235 engine, more streamlined engine and main wheel fairings (45 built). Subsequently, this was developed into AB-115.[2]
Specifications (AB-95)
[edit]Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1965-66 [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: One, pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 6.90 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 10.42 m (34 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 16.36 m2 (176.1 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 6.5:1
- Airfoil: NACA 23012
- Empty weight: 422 kg (930 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 110 L (29 US gal; 24 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-8F air-cooled 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich metal fixed-pitch propeller, 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 205 km/h (127 mph, 111 kn)
- Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) (econ cruise)
- Stall speed: 48 km/h (30 mph, 26 kn) flaps down
- Range: 960 km (600 mi, 520 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft)
- Rate of climb: 5.1 m/s (1,000 ft/min)
- Takeoff distance to 15 m (50 ft): 150 m (490 ft)
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft): 150 m (490 ft)
See also
[edit]Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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- Notes
- Bibliography
- Frawley, Gerard. The International Directory of Civil Aircraft. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-875671-26-9
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.
- Mondey, David Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, p. 9. New York: Crescent Books, 1981.