DINFIA IA 38

L'essai d'aile volante DINFIA IA 38 en Argentine, sur base Horten, vu sur Wikipedia.en

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The DINFIA IA 38 was a 1960s [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] four-engine experimental flying-wing transport, designed under the direction of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and based on the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] project and built by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].


Development

The IA 38 was an experimental tailless cargo transport based on research by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

It was an all-metal shoulder-wing swept monoplane with the fuselage incorporated into the wing structure.

It had no tail, vertical control surfaces were located near the tips of the wings.

It had a retractable tricycle landing gear and was powered by four IA 16 El Gaucho radial engines mounted within the wings driving pusher propellers mounted clear of the wing trailing edge.

It had a cockpit for a crew of two located on the leading edge of the wing and had a cargo compartment within and below the wing capable of carrying 6100kg (13,448lb) of freight using a rear access door.

Although the prototype was completed in 1959 problems with engine cooling delayed the first flight to 9 December 1960.

Horten was forced to use the IA 16 engines which were below the power rating of the intended powerplants.

As a result, the craft was severely underpowered and showed a poor performance.

After the project was cancelled, the IA 38 found its way into the grounds of the Aeronautical School, where it was used as a static display until a fire destroyed the aircraft's skin (suspected to have been an act of arson).

The remains of the plane were scrapped afterwards.

Specifications (IA 38 - performance estimated)


Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]}

General characteristics

• Crew: Two
  
• Length: 13.50 m (44 ft 3½ in)
  
• Wingspan: 32 m (105 ft 0 in)
  
• Height: 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
  
• Wing area: 133 m² (1,431 ft²)
  
• Empty weight: 8500 kg (18,700 lb)
  
• Gross weight: 16000 kg (35,200 lb)
  
• Powerplant: 4 × [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] radial piston engine, 336 kW (450 hp) each each
  

* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.