Aero Boero AB-95
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| Aero Boero 95 at Moron museum (Argentina) | |
| Role | Light utility aircraft |
| National origin | Argentina |
| Manufacturer | Aero Boero S.A. |
| First flight | March 12, 1959 |
| Introduction | 1961 |
| Primary user | Aero Clubs |
| Produced | 1961-1969 |
| Variants | Aero Boero AB-115 |
The Aero Boero AB-95 is a small Argentine civil utility aircraft that first flew on March 12, 1959.[1] It was built by Aero Boero S.A. of Córdoba. The AB-95 is a conventional-gear high-wing monoplane with fixed undercarriage built of fabric-covered metal structure.[1]
Variants
1961-built Aero Boero 95 at Buenos Aires - San Justo airfield in 1975
- AB-95 – basic production version.[1] 95 h.p. Continental C-90-12F
- AB-95A de Lujo – 75 kW (100 hp) Continental O-200-A engine.[1]
- AB-95A Fumigador – crop duster with O-200A engine,[1] and a 55-Imp gallon (250 liters) chemical tank.
- AB-95B – 1963 version with 112 kW (150 hp) engine.
- AB-115BS – air ambulance version fitted with a stretcher (25 built).[2]
- AB-95-115 – 86 kW (115 hp) Textron Lycoming O-235 engine, more streamlined engine and main wheel fairings (45 built). Subsequently, this was developed into AB-115.[2]
Specifications (AB-95)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: One, pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 6.90 m (22 ft 7½ in)
- Wingspan: 10.42 m (34 ft 2.25 in)
- Height: 2.19 m (7 ft 2½ in)
- Wing area: 16.36 m² (176.1 ft²)
- Airfoil: NACA 23012
- Aspect ratio: 6.64
- Empty weight: 422 kg (930 lb)
- Useful load: 278 kg (613 lb)
- Loaded weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-8F air-cooled 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 70 kW (95 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 205 km/h (111 knots, 127 mph)
- Cruise speed: 160 km/h (87 knots, 100 mph)
- Stall speed: 48 km/h (26 knots, 30 mph) flaps down
- Range: 959 km (518 nmi, 600 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,060 ft)
- Rate of climb: 5.08 m/s (1000 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 42.8 kg/m² (8.80 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.10 kW/kg (0.062 hp/lb)
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
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- Notes
- Bibliography
- Frawley, Gerard. The International Directory of Civil Aircraft. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-875671-26-9
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.
- Mondey, David Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft, p. 9. New York: Crescent Books, 1981.
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