FMA AeC.2
title: "FMA AeC.2" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1930s-argentine-civil-utility-aircraft", "1930s-argentine-military-aircraft", "fma-aircraft", "low-wing-aircraft", "single-engined-tractor-aircraft", "single-engined-piston-aircraft", "aircraft-with-fixed-conventional-landing-gear"] topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_AeC.2" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | AeC.2 and derivatives |
| image | FMA Ae. C.2 (Ae. M.E.1).jpg |
| aircraft_type | Utility aircraft |
| manufacturer | FMA |
| number_built | 71 |
| first_flight | 18 April 1932 |
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The FMA AeC.2 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in the early 1930s, and also produced as a military trainer and observation aircraft under the designations AeME.1, AeMO.1, AeMOe.1 and AeMOe.2.
Development
The design was derived from the AeC.1, but instead of an enclosed cabin, featured two open cockpits in tandem. Only two of the civil AeC.2s were built, but these were followed by seven AeME.1 trainers. Six of the AeME.1s, plus one of the AeC.2s, participated in a long-distance publicity tour of Brazil as part of the "Sol de Mayo" squadron.
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In 1934, a version with a revised empennage, the AeMO.1, was developed as an observation machine; 41 examples of which were delivered from July onwards. Some of these were armed with a trainable .303 Vickers machine gun in the observer's cockpit, and some with twin synchronised machine guns in the forward fuselage.
Six AeMOe.1s followed, for crew training in the Observation role, which were generally similar in design but featuring a NACA cowling for the engine, and then the definitive AeMOe.2 version appeared in 1937 with a further refined empennage, 61 examples of which were built.
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Also based on the AeMOe.1, the sole AeMS.1 was an air ambulance version with an enclosed cabin that could carry four stretchers and an attendant.
Variants
- AeC.2 (Civil) - civil version (2 built)
- AeME.1 (Militar de Entrenamiento) - military trainer (7 built)
- AeMO.1 (Militar de Observación) - military observation aircraft (41 built)
- AeMOe.1 (Militar de Observación y Entrenamiento) - military observation and trainer aircraft (6 built)
- AeMOe.2 - military observation and trainer aircraft (14 built)
- AeMS.1 - (Militar Sanitario) - military air ambulance (1 built)
Specifications (AeME.1)
|prime units? = met |crew=Two, pilot and instructor |length m=7.90 |length ft=25 |length in=11 |span m=12.00 |span ft=39 |span in=4 |height m=2.70 |height ft=8 |height in=10 |wing area sqm=16.9 |wing area sqft=182 |empty weight kg=650 |empty weight lb=1,430 |gross weight kg=1,130 |gross weight lb=2,490 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Wright R-760 |eng1 kw=180 |eng1 hp=240 |max speed kmh=220 |max speed mph=140 |range km=1,500 |range miles=930 |ceiling m=5,000 |ceiling ft=16,400 |climb rate ms=4.2 |climb rate ftmin=820
References
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