DINFIA IA 53
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IA 53 Mamboretá | |
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Role | Agricultural aircraft |
Manufacturer | DINFIA |
First flight | ca. 1965 |
Number built | 2 |
The DINFIA IA 53 Mamboretá (Guaraní for "Praying Mantis") was an agricultural aircraft developed in Argentina by DINFIA in the 1960s.
Description
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The IA 53 was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional undercarriage configuration with fixed tailwheel. Accommodation for the pilot and a single passenger was provided under a broad bubble canopy.
Two prototypes were constructed, with the type making its first flight on 10 November 1966. No production followed, with FMA instead building the Cessna 188 under license.[1]
Aircraft on display
[edit]One aircraft is preserved at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina in Morón, Buenos Aires.[2]
Specifications
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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70 [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 21.52 m2 (231.6 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 6.25:1
- Airfoil: NACA 4412
- Empty weight: 844 kg (1,861 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,525 kg (3,362 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 180 L (40 imp gal; 48 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-540-B2B5 air-cooled flat-six engine, 175 kW (235 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
- Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Range: 650 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,600 m (11,800 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.84 m/s (755 ft/min)
References
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- Notes
- Bibliography
- Magnusson, Michael (September 2010). "FMA: from 1945: The story of Fabrica Militar de Aviones, Argentina: Part 12: General Activities of 1960s to early 1970s". Air Britain Archive: 87–94. ISSN 0262-4923.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1969). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 326.