<!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = AeC.3 and AeC.4 | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Utility aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = | manufacturer = FMA | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 16<ref name="number-Built">{{Cite book |last=Stahl |first=Guillermo A. |url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA561326/ |title=An Evaluation of the Argentinean Basic Trainer Aircraft Domestic Development Project |date=2012-03-01 |publisher=Air Force Institute of Technology |location=Ohio, United States |pages=20 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA561326/mode/2up?q=22+Dl |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 27 March 1934 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''FMA AeC.3''' was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in 1934. The AeC.3 was a further development in the series of designs that had originated with the AeC.1 three years previously. Deliveries to Argentina's aeroclubs were made in late 1934.
==Development== Like its immediate predecessor, the AeC.2, the AeC.3 was an open-cockpit variant of the family, and was distinguished mainly in its use of an Warner Scarab engine.
On 21 January 1936, a refined version flew as the '''AeC.3G''', with an uprated 145 HP Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine. The main innovation introduced on this aircraft was the use of flaps, the first Argentine aircraft to be so equipped. This aircraft first flew as an open-cockpit type, but later had a roof fitted to create an enclosed cabin.
A further development, the last in this family of aircraft, was the '''AeC.4''' that flew on 17 October. This was essentially an AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics, and only a single example was built.<ref name="number-Built"/>
==Operational history== In 1935, Carola Lorenzini set a South American altitude record of 5,500 m (18,040 ft) in an AeC.3, and another aircraft of this type was flown by Santiago Germanó to win the aerobatics prize at the Resistencia air meet the same year. A final feat for the AeC.3 for 1935 was its use by Pedro B. Mórtola in a long-distance round-trip flight between Buenos Aires and Rio Gallegos, covering {{convert|5,200|km|mi|abbr=on}} in 37 hours 20 minutes.
==Variants== * '''AeC.3''' – version powered by a 125 HP Warner Scarab engine ** '''AeC.3G''' – AeC.3 powered by a 145 HP Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine, and fitted with flaps * '''AeC.4''' – AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics
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==Specifications (AeC.3)== {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met |crew=One pilot |capacity=1 passenger |length m=8.20 |length ft=26 |length in=11 |span m=12.30 |span ft=40 |span in=4 |height m=2.50 |height ft=8 |height in=2 |wing area sqm=19.0 |wing area sqft=205 |empty weight kg=670 |empty weight lb=1,480 |gross weight kg=964 |gross weight lb=2,125 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->97 |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->130 |max speed kmh=170 |max speed mph=105 |range km=700 |range miles=430 |ceiling m=4,500 |ceiling ft=14,700 |climb rate ms=4.2 |climb rate ftmin=840 }}
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==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=393 }} * {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 894 Sheet 27 }}
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