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Aero Boero AB-95

AB-95
Aero Boero 95 at Moron museum (Argentina)
General information
TypeLight utility aircraft
National originArgentina
ManufacturerAero Boero S.A.
Primary userAero Clubs
History
Manufactured1961–1969
Introduction date1961
First flightMarch 12, 1959
VariantsAero 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 high-wing monoplane built of fabric-covered metal structure. It has fixed undercarriage.[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 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.42 m (34 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 16.36 m2 (176.1 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 6.5:1
  • Airfoil: NACA 23012
  • Empty weight: 422 kg (930 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 110 L (29 US gal; 24 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-8F air-cooled 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich metal fixed-pitch propeller, 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 205 km/h (127 mph, 111 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) (econ cruise)
  • Stall speed: 48 km/h (30 mph, 26 kn) flaps down
  • Range: 960 km (600 mi, 520 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 5.1 m/s (1,000 ft/min)
  • Takeoff distance to 15 m (50 ft): 150 m (490 ft)
  • Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft): 150 m (490 ft)

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f Taylor 1965, p.3
  2. ^ a b Frawley 1997, p.10
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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