Engineering:Villela Aribu
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Short description: Brazilian aircraft
| Villela Airibu | |
|---|---|
| Role | Experimental aircraft |
| National origin | Brazil |
| Designer | Marcos Villela[1] |
| First flight | 16 April 1917 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Villela Aribu (Brazilian-Portuguese typo name for the Black vulture bird) was a Brazil ian single-engine, single-seat experimental aircraft.[2][3]
Design and development
It was designed by the then 1st Lieutenant of the Brazilian Army, to be a primary training and surveillance aircraft. The Aribu was a single-engine, high-wing monoplane, made of ingarana wood and canvas, with a French rotary engine and wooden propellers.
Specifications
Data from Pereira 1986, p. 283
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
- Upper wingspan: 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
- Powerplant: 1 × French motor 5-cylinder rotary engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
References
- ↑ "A Aviação no Brasil" (in pt). A Noite (Rio de Janeiro). 24 Jul 1910. http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/docreader.aspx?bib=348970_01&pasta=ano%20191&pesq=&pagfis=4683.
- ↑ Carlos Fioravanti. "Primeiros voos". São Paulo Research Foundation. https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/primeiros-voos/.
- ↑ Pereira, Roberto (1986). História da Construção Aeronáutica no Brasil 1910-1976. 1. São Paulo: Editora Aquarius. pp. 4–6. ISBN 9788585262693.
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