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The
Aerotec A-122 Uirapuru was a Brazilian military trainer aircraft. It was a low-wing
monoplane with tricycle
undercarriage that accommodated the pilot and instructor side-by-side. It first flew on 2 June
1965
In October
1967, the
Brazilian Air Force ordered 30 aircraft to replace the obsolete
Fokker S.11s and
S.12s (T-21s and T-22s) that were operating in the Air Force Academy. Later, they ordered another 40, and then 30 more. These were designated
T-23.
The
Bolivian Air Force ordered 36 examples in
1974, which flew until
1997, and in 1975 the
Paraguay Air Force ordered 30 aircraft which were still flying
as of 2007. Thirty others were sold in the civilian market.
The T-23 suffered fatal accidents during
spin training. The problem was resolved after a crash in which an instructor described his stricken aircraft's responses to his control inputs all the way to the end. Uirapurus then received a
fin under the rear
fuselage to correct the issue.
In
1980 interest by the airforce in an improved version led to the development of the
Uirapuru II
Variants
- T-23 - A-122A - Military trainer
- T-23C - A-122C - Civil version
Operators
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Specifications (T-23)
General characteristics
Crew: two, pilot and instructor
Length: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Height: m (ft in)
Wing area: m² (ft²)
Empty weight: kg (lb)
Maximum takeoff: 840 kg (1,850 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-B2B, 112 kW (150 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 227 km/h (141 mph)
Range: 800 km (500 miles)
Service ceiling: m (ft)
Rate of climb: m/min (ft/min)
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