FMA AeC.3

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name=AeC.3 and AeC.4


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type=Utility aircraft
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first flight=27 March avyear|1934
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variants with their own articles=The FMA AeC.3 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in 1934; a further development in the series of designs that had originated with the AeC.1 three years previously. Like its immediate predecessor, the AeC.2, the AeC.3 was an open-cockpit variant of the family, and was distinguished mainly in its use of an Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine. Deliveries to Argentina's aeroclubs were made late in the year.

In 1935, Carola Lorenzini set a South American altitude record of 5,500 m (18,040 ft) in an AeC.3, and another aircraft of this type was flown by Santiago Germanó to win the aerobatics prize at the Resistencia air meet the same year. A final feat for the AeC.3 for 1935 was its use by Pedro B. Mórtola in a long-distance round-trip flight between Buenos Aires and Rio Gallegos, covering 5,200 km (3,250 miles) in 37 hours 20 minutes.

On 21 January 1936, a refined version flew as the AeC.3G. The main innovation introduced on this aircraft was the use of flaps, the first Argentine aircraft to be so equipped. This aircraft first flew as an open-cockpit type, but later had a roof fitted to create an enclosed cabin.

A further development, the last in this family of aircraft, was the AeC.4 that flew on 17 October. This was essentially an AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics and only a single example was built.

Variants

* AeC.3 - version powered by Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine
** AeC.3G - AeC.3 powered by de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, and fitted with flaps
* AeC.4 - AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics

pecifications (AeC.3)

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crew=One pilot
capacity=1 passenger
length m=8.20
length ft=26
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span m=12.30
span ft=40
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height m=2.50
height ft=8
height in=2
wing area sqm=19.0
wing area sqft=205
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empty weight kg=670
empty weight lb=1,480
gross weight kg=964
gross weight lb=2,125
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eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major
eng1 kw= 97
eng1 hp= 130
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max speed kmh=170
max speed mph=105
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range km=700
range miles=430
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ceiling m=4,500
ceiling ft=14,700
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climb rate ftmin=840
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