Engineering:Avibras A-80 Falcão
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Short description: Brazilian training aircraft
| Avibras A-80 Falcão | |
|---|---|
| Role | Light aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Avibras |
| Designer | José Carlos de Sousa |
| First flight | 23 October 1963 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Avibras A-80 Falcão was a training aircraft from the Brazil ian manufacturer Avibras.[1]
Design and development
The A-80 Falcão was developed as a beginner trainer aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force , but the latter opted for the Aerotec A-122 Uirapuru, so only one prototype was built.[2]
The aircraft was designed as a low-wing monoplane with a conventional tailplane and had a non-retractable nose wheel landing gear. The aircraft was of wooden frame construction covered with synthetic fabric. The instructor and student pilots sat in an enclosed cockpit, the canopy of which could be slid rearward for entry.[2]
Specifications
Data from The Aircraft of The World 1965[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Capacity: One
- Length: 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 10 m2 (110 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 379 kg (836 lb)
- Gross weight: 584 kg (1,287 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C65-8F , 48 kW (64 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
- Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Range: 563 km (350 mi, 304 nmi)
See also
- Avibras Falcão
References
- Notes
- ↑ Taylor 1966, p. 19
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pereira 1997, p. 46
- ↑ Green 1965, p. 14
- Bibliography
- Taylor, J. W. R. (1966). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1965-66. London, UK: Publisher Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- Pereira, Roberto (1997). Enciclopédia de Aviões Brasileiros. São Paulo: Editora Globo. ISBN 9788525021373.
- Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World 1965. Doubleday and Company.
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