Turbay T-3
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| name=T-3 | image=Turbay T-3 (LV-X24).jpg | caption=Turbay T-3A }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=seven-seater light transport | national origin= Argentina | manufacturer=Turbay S.A. | designer=Alfredo Turbay | first flight=8 December 1964 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=1 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Turbay T-3A was an Argentine twin-engined seven-seater light transport of the 1960s. A single example was built, but no production followed.
Development and design
In 1957, the Argentine aircraft designer Alfredo Turbay began work on a twin-engined STOL light transport, the Turbay T-3A, with Turbay S.A. formed at Buenos Aires in January 1961 to build the new design.{{cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers|year=2005|publisher=Sutton Publishing|location=Stroud, UK|isbn=0-7509-3981-8|edition=2nd|author-link=Bill Gunston |page=466}} The T-3A was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of all metal construction. It was powered by two {{convert|180|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip|lk=in}} Lycoming O-360-A1D air-cooled four-cylinder horizontally-opposed engines driving two-bladed propellers, and was fitted with a retractable nosewheel undercarriage.
Alfredo Turbay piloted the T-3A on its first flight on 8 December 1964. Production was planned of the T-3B, which was to be fitted with {{convert|250|-|350|hp|kW|order=flip|abbr=on}} Lycoming or Continental engines, giving improved performance.{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John W. R.|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1967–68|year=1967|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Company|location=London|author-link=John W. R. Taylor |page=5}} These plans did not come to fruition, with the prototype T-3B never completed, and no production occurring.{{cite web|title=Alfredo Turbay|url=http://www.aracuan.com.ar/turbay.htm|work=GRUPO ARACUAN|access-date=25 August 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172841/http://www.aracuan.com.ar/turbay.htm|archive-date=23 September 2015}}
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67,{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966-67 |editor1-last=Taylor |editor1-first=John W.R. |year=1966 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |edition=57th |pages=6–7}} Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63 |editor1-last=Taylor |editor1-first=John W.R. |year=1962 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co |location=London |page=7}}
|prime units?=met
|genhide=
|crew=1
|capacity=6 passengers / {{cvt|522|kg|0}} max. payload / tanks for {{cvt|800|L|USgal impgal|0}} chemicals for spraying
|length m=9.40
|span m=13.52
|height m=3.60
|wing area sqm=24.08
|aspect ratio=7.5:1
|airfoil=NACA 23024 at root, NACA 4412 at tip
|empty weight kg=1034
|empty weight note=equipped
- Max. zero-fuel weight: {{cvt|1725|kg|0}}
|max takeoff weight kg=1860
|max takeoff weight note=(MTOW and MLW)
|fuel capacity={{cvt|360|L|USgal impgal|0}} in four wing tanks, with provision for 2x {{cvt|80|L|USgal impgal|0}} external tanks ; {{cvt|24|L|USgal impgal|0}} oil
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-360-A1D
|eng1 type=4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engines
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=180
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Hartzell HC-92 zk-2b/8447-12A metal propellers
|prop dia m=
|prop dia note=
|max speed kmh=318
|cruise speed kmh=230
|cruise speed note=(econ. cruise)
::::{{cvt|255|km/h|mph kn|0}} maximum cruising speed
|never exceed speed kmh=342
|stall speed kmh=85.4
|range km=1380
|range note=with maximum payload, zero wind
::::{{cvt|1840|km|mi nmi|0}} with maximum fuel, zero wind
|ceiling m=7600
|ceiling note=
::::{{cvt|3500|m|0}} with one engine inoperative
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=1300
|wing loading kg/m2=77
|wing loading note=
|power/mass={{cvt|0.0877|hp/lb|order=flip}}
|more performance=
- Take-off run: {{cvt|118|m|0}}
- Take-off distance to {{cvt|15.25|m|0}}: {{cvt|225|m|0}}
- Landing run: {{cvt|100|m|0}}
- Landing distance from {{cvt|15|m|0}}: {{cvt|180|m|0}}
|avionics=
- Motorola VHF radio
- ADF
- Blind flying instrumantation
}}
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Turbay T-3}}
- [http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/IT.HTM TURBAY T-3A]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172841/http://www.aracuan.com.ar/turbay.htm ALFREDO TURBAY]
Category:1960s Argentine civil utility aircraft
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