FMA AeC.2

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type=Utility aircraft
manufacturer=FMA
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first flight=18 April avyear|1932
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variants with their own articles=The FMA AeC.2 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in the early 1930s, and also produced as a military trainer and observation aircraft under the designations AeME.1, AeMO.1, AeMOe.1 and AeMOe.2. The design was derived from the AeC.1, but instead of an enclosed cabin, featured two open cockpits in tandem. Only two of the civil AeC.2s were built, but these were followed by seven AeME.1 trainers. Six of these seven, plus one of the AeC.2s participated in a long-distance publicity tour of Brazil as part of the "Sol de Mayo" squadron.

In 1934, a version with a revised empennage was developed as an observation machine, 41 examples of which were delivered from July onwards. Some of these were armed with a trainable .303 Vickers machine gun in the observer's cockpit, and some with twin synchronised machine guns in the forward fuselage.

Six AeMOe.1s followed, generally similar in design but featuring a NACA cowling for the engine, and then the definitive AeMOe.2 version in 1937. This version had a further refined empennage, and 61 examples were built. Also based on the AeMOe.1, the AeMS.1 was an air ambulance version with an enclosed cabin that could carry four stretchers and an attendant. Only a single example was built.

Variants

* AeC.2 ("Civil") - civil version (2 built)
* AeME.1 ("Militar de Entrenamiento") - military trainer (7 built)
* AeMO.1 ("Militar de Observación") - military observation aircraft (41 built)
* AeMOe.1 ("Militar de Observación y Entrenamiento") - military observation and trainer aircraft (6 built)
* AeMOe.2 - military observation and trainer aircraft (61 built)
* AeMS.1 - ("Militar de Sanitario") - military air ambulance (1 built)

pecifications (AeME.1)

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crew=Two, pilot and instructor
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length m=7.90
length ft=25
length in=11
span m=12.00
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height m=2.70
height ft=8
height in=10
wing area sqm=16.9
wing area sqft=182
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empty weight kg=650
empty weight lb=1,430
gross weight kg=1,130
gross weight lb=2,490
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eng1 type=Wright R-760
eng1 kw= 180
eng1 hp= 240
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max speed kmh=220
max speed mph=140
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range km=1,500
range miles=930
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ceiling m=5,000
ceiling ft=16,400
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climb rate ftmin=820
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