- TNCA
TNCA, the Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas (national aviation workshops) was an aircraft manufacturer established outside
Mexico City in 1915. The main designers were General Brigadier and engineerJuan Francisco Azcárate , and italian engineerFrancisco Santarini , who manufactured a variety of domestically-designed military aircraft and engines, including:*
TNCA Serie A - biplane.
*TNCA Serie C - monoplane, powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine. Also called "Microplano Veloz" and "Microbio".
*TNCA Serie D , F and G - derived from the Bleriot and Morane-Saulnier aircraft.
*TNCA Serie E - biplane.
*TNCA Serie H - bomber, monoplane, high wing, double control.
*TNCA MWT-1
*TNCA TTS-5
*3-E-130 - monoplane nicknamed "Tololoche".
*TNCA 4-E-131 Quetzalcoatl
*Avro 504 - built under license and called "Avro Anáhuac".
*Corsair O2U-4A - built under license and named "Corsario Azcárate."The TNCA also designed and manufactured the 45hp
Azatl , 80hpTrébol engines as well as the very high performanceAnáhuac Propeller , later copied by several countries.TNCA closed in 1930, it was briefly revived in 1941 under the name "Talleres Generales de Aeronáutica" (TGA) and again in 1947.
Engines
;Aztatl:The first aircraft engine manufactured in Mexico starting on 1917. The engine was an air-cooled radial and was built in versions of three, six (80 hp) and ten cilinders [Esfecificaciones precisas: "Airplane Engine Encyclopedia: An Alphabetically Arranged" Glenn Dale Angle. Published 1921 by The Otterbein press. Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA.]
;SS México:National design and manufacture.
;Trébol:A three-cylinder, 45 hp engine. [Motores Trébol y Aztatl [http://historia.coahuila.gob.mx/colegio/more.php?id=688_0_1_20_M18] ]
;Anzani, Gnome and Hispano-Suiza:Built in Mexico under licence.
Few TNCA aircraft were powered by Wright and Renault engines. [ [http://www.sedena.gob.mx/index.php?id_art=343 Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional - Material Aéreo Histórico I] ]
ee also
*Mexican aviation "Aztec Anachronism" [http://www.laahs.com/artman/publish/article_16.shtml]
*TNCA 3-E-130 References
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