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The Maestranza Central de Aviación Triciclo-Experimental (also designated XX-01) was a prototype Chilean light aircraft of the 1940s.

Design and development

In 1947, the Maestranza Central de Aviación, the Central Workshops of the Chilean Air Force designed and built the first Chilean-designed aircraft, the Triciclo-Experimental, unveiled in May 1947. The Triciclo, designed by Alfredo D. Ferrer, was a low-winged monoplane of wooden construction with a fixed tricycle landing gear and a twin tail. The crew of two sat side by side in an enclosed cockpit, and were provided with dual flight controls. A single Franklin air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine drove a two-bladed propeller.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
• Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 13 m (140 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 355 kg (783 lb)
• Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Franklin four-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
• Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

Notes

1. Siminic, Iván (5 December 2006). "Los primeros pasos del Pillán". El Observador Aeronáutico. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
2. "First Chilean-Built Aircraft". Flight. Vol. LV, no. 2093. 3 February 1949. p. 126.
3. ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 107c.

References

• Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.

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