Aerospace Industry in Latin America

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Another aircraft engine built and designed in Argentina, the I.AE. R-19 SR/1 A El Indio of 1946

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Anti-tank missile built and Designed in Brazil by Mectron

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Two successful launches, conducted on May 05 and July 1, 2015, the Army Reviews Center - Caex in Guaratiba / RJ, continued the preparation for the process evaluation system of the pilot batch of Surface Missile Weapons -surface anti-tank MSS 1.2 AC delivered in 2013 and 2014 by the Brazilian Army MECTRON, a subsidiary of Odebrecht Defesa e Tecnologia (ODT).
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An aircraft engine designed in Argentina it is the I.Ae. 16 "El Gaucho" is a radial aircraft engine of 9 cylinders and 450 HP, designed by the Institute Aviation technician (I.Ae.) of Argentina in 1943.

It was applied on the I.Ae. 22 DL
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Interesting story about the I.Ae-22 DL. A great uncle of mine work at FMA at the time said that prior to this aircraft going into production, the Engineers sent out a “request for proposal” from the private sector to provide the nuts bolts and rivets to assemble the aircraft and that they receive very inexpensive high quality parts. Probable the last time the private sector was utilized in armaments production.


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Interesting story about the I.Ae-22 DL. A great uncle of mine work at FMA at the time said that prior to this aircraft going into production, the Engineers sent out a “request for proposal” from the private sector to provide the nuts bolts and rivets to assemble the aircraft and that they receive very inexpensive high quality parts. Probable the last time the private sector was utilized in armaments production.


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Special mention to the Argentine Raul Magallanes mechanical engineer, author and creator of two national engine "El Gaucho" and "El Indio" that demonstrated ingenuity and capacity of our aircraft technicians but lacked continuity for committing the sin of being national and challenge the hegemony of the powers of the time and succumb to the apathy of our rulers in power.

The IA-35 Huanquero, developed by the Institute Aviation technician was the only team plane Kurt Tank who became mass produced in Argentina and marked the completion of its step for this country. While it was a bit old-fashioned when entered service was one of the most robust aircraft built at the factory in Cordoba and served for fifteen years design.

In 1950, the prestigious German engineer Kurt Waldemar Tank with engineer Paul Klages began developing a twin engine that could serve as multipurpose transport aircraft, attack, medical, photographic and school, and received the designation I.Ae.35.
Besides the construction of the cell by the I.Ae., the engines would I.Ae.19 I.Ae.35 indium (I.Ae. then R-19 SD / 1 and R-19A I.Ae. ) designed by the factory, which would be the second model (after the DL-22) to bring all of its components designed and built in the country. .
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I loved this History of the Huanquero, it was a very good aircraft, 100% made in Argentina.

I agree it is hard to balance the private sector with the government involvement.

In Mexico the only aircraft to ever been like the Huanquero was the Series A and H by TNCA in 1916, later models had always a foreign made engine.

Nowadays the Mexican government says the Spectrum Freedom 40 jet will be 100% Mexican made, well to be honest, it will be only made in Mexico, but it is an american design made by an american company in Mexico.

In Mexico as well as in Argentina there has been attempts to export aircraft, the LASA 60, was exported, a few examples to Japan .
However it is very hard to make aircraft sucessful economically speaking it requires more than several designs to do it, it is a constant work to achieve it

By the way i did not know 200 I.Ae-22 DL. A were ever made!:)

This makes it one of the most produced aircraft of Latin America
 

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The National Center for Aerospace Technology (Centa), based in Queretaro, will begin operations in early 2016, for the construction of its first buildings are almost ready, the project manager, Felipe Alejandro Rubio Castillo said.

In an interview with the News Agency of CONACYT, Dr. Rubio Castillo said the project is located in the Querétaro Aerospace Park and progresses as planned in its three axes set.

The first focuses on the technological design of products and services offered according to the requirements of the industry; the second, in the training of researchers and skilled technologists and the last in the construction and equipping of facilities.
The also deputy director of the Aeronautical Sector Center for Engineering and Industrial Development (Cidesi), mentioned a few weeks ago started the construction of administrative offices and a first laboratory in a polygon of 4.5 hectares.

These works are expected to be completed in a period of 190 days, so that the building is put into operation already purchased equipment and begin with research in aeronautics.

This first phase of construction will cover the first four years of the Centa, according to executive planning project that helped the Mexican Federation of Aerospace AC (FEMIP).

"In the technological part is already defined, from the general ideas Femia raised were developed precisely the scope and profiles of scientists and technologists will be integrated equipment to be made available and we hope that at the end of the year is completed "he said.

The new center is part of the federal government's commitment to boost the growth of the aviation industry in Mexico with a scientific and technological support.

That is why the Centa will serve as offering aerospace certification requirements, generate research and development, creating links between suppliers and major industries as well as building human capital.
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The I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú" was an
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twin
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designed by the
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(AeroTechnical Institute) in the late 1940s, similar to the
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, but made of metal rather than wood. Only one prototype was completed; the project was abandoned in favour of a jet aircraft.

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The I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú", named after an indigenous eagle of
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, was designed by
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engineer
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, who had come to Argentina in 1946. Pallavicino led a team of Argentine technicians and engineers in developing the concept of a high-speed escort fighter, intended to be operated in conjunction with the
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used in the
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The I.Ae. 30 had a metal structure, its powerplants consisted of two
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604 engines, each developing 1,800 hp at 3,000 RPM, and four-bladed
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. The armament would consist of six 20 mm
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mounted in the nose, although later plans called for 20 mm
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as well as a 250 kg bomb under the fuselage and two batteries of five 83 mm rockets fitted underneath the wings. Nevertheless, the prototypes were unarmed.

By the end of 1947, a contract was received for the first of three projected prototypes. On 9 June 1948 the first prototype was ready for ground tests and on 17 July 1948, the I.Ae. 30 took to the air for the first time, piloted by Captain Edmundo Osvaldo Weiss.

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The test results proved that the aircraft possessed good flying characteristics as well as meeting performance specifications. During a cross country flight, from
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to
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, the Ñancú reached a level speed of 780 km/h, setting a new piston engined speed record in South America, an achievement that has not been surpassed. Although the prototype was achieving design goals, the Fuerza Aérea Argentina was already considering the
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as their future fighter program.

With official interest diminishing, in early 1949, the sole flying prototype was badly damaged in a landing accident when test pilot Carlos Fermín Bergaglio misjudged a landing and crashed. Although the pilot was uninjured and the aircraft could have been repaired, the
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made a decision to abandon the project with the wrecked prototype, as well as the two unfinished prototypes still at the factory being scrapped.


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The third largest production run in Argentina (after the I.A.e -22 with 200, the IA-58 with 120) was the I.Ae.24 Calquin.

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The I.Ae.24 Calquin (a
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word which means "Royal Eagle") was a
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designed and built by the Instituto Aerotécnico (Córdoba) in Argentina in the immediate post-
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era. Although superficially a "look-alike" for the
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, the I.Ae.24 was powered by twin
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-G “Twin Wasp”
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giving it a distinct appearance. After an operational career spanning two decades, the Calquin was retired.

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Patterned after the successful de Havilland Mosquito, the Calquín had a wooden structure similar to the
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, and was the first twin-engined aircraft designed and built in Argentina. The I.Ae.24 design was based on a
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mid-mounted wooden (indigenous woods were used throughout) wings with fabric-covered flying surfaces. The conventional main
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retracted into the engine
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while the tailwheel retracted into the aft
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. The two-man crew were seated side-by-side under a large transparency constructed partly of
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with glass panels. The armament consisted of four 12.7 mm machine guns grouped in the nose. Some examples later had four 20 mm cannons and an internal bombload of 1,764 lb (800 kg) kg along with 12 rockets (75 mm) mounted under the wings.

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Originally the I.Ae. 24 was also intended to be equipped with
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but an adequate supply of the powerplants was not possible, consequently Pratt & Whitney R-1830-G “Twin Wasp” radials of 1,050 hp (782.5 kW) were substituted. Performance estimates of a Merlin-powered variant would have made it comparable to the Mosquito but the R-1830-powered prototype was able to achieve only 273 mph (440 km/h), making the aircraft unstable and prone to stalling. A later prototype, the I.Ae.28 was equipped with Rolls-Royce Merlins but the project was superseded by the more capable
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The third largest production run in Argentina (after the I.A.e -22 with 200, the IA-58 with 120) was the I.Ae.24 Calquin.

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The I.Ae.24 Calquin

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Lovely aircraft, this is in my opinion the most beautiful aircraft ever made in Latin america with piston engines, i love it, i like the I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú", but the I.Ae. 24 is my favorite


IA-50 Guarani another aircraft from Argentina, designed and built there by FMA
 
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Miragedriver

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Lovely aircraft, this is in my opinion the most beautiful aircraft ever made in Latin america with piston engines, i love it, i like the I.Ae. 30 "Ñancú", but the I.Ae. 24 is my favorite
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The I.Ae.24 Calquin could have been a good Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft
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Things would have been different in Latin America if the Pulqui II went into production
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There would have been more interesting designs out of Latin America


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