{{Short description|1930s Argentinian bomber aircraft}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = AeMB.1 and AeMB.2 Bombi | logo = | logo_size = | image = FMA_Aé.M.B.2_-_two_inflight.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Bomber | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = | manufacturer = [[Fabrica Militar de Aviones|FMA]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = [[Argentine Air Force]] | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 16 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1936 | retired = 1945 | first_flight = 9 October 1935 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}
The '''FMA AeMB.2 Bombi''' was a [[bomber]] aircraft developed in [[Argentina]] in the mid-1930s. It was a [[low-wing]] [[cantilever]] [[monoplane]] of conventional configuration. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage, the main units of which were covered by long, "trouser"-style fairings. The initial AeMB.1 configuration was fitted with a dorsal machine gun turret, later removed from the AeMB.2 to improve stability. Fifteen production examples saw service with the [[Argentine Air Force]] between 1936 and 1945. Two were lost to air accidents.
==Variants== * '''AeMB.1''' - initial design with dorsal gun turret * '''AeMB.2''' - improved design, turret removed to improve stability
==Specifications (AeMB.2)== {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met |crew=Three |length m=10.90 |length ft=35 |length in=9 |span m=17.20 |span ft=56 |span in=5 |height m=2.80 |height ft=9 |height in=2 |wing area sqm=25.0 |wing area sqft=269 |empty weight kg=2,120 |empty weight lb=4,670 |gross weight kg=3,500 |gross weight lb=7,710 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Wright R-1820]]-F3 |eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->533 |eng1 hp=<!-- prop engines -->715 |max speed kmh=285 |max speed mph=177 |range km=600 |range miles=370 |ceiling m=6,000 |ceiling ft=19,685 |climb rate ms=5.5 |climb rate ftmin=1,100 |armament = *1 fixed forward-firing 11.35 mm [[Madsen gun]] in forward fuselage *1 trainable, rearward-firing 0.45 machine gun in ventral position *400 kg (880 lb) of bombs }}
==See also== {{aircontent <!-- include as many lines are appropriate. additional lines/entries with carriage return. --> |related=<!-- related developments --> |similar aircraft=<!-- similar or comparable aircraft --> |sequence=<!-- designation sequence, if appropriate --> |lists= * [[List of Interwar military aircraft]] |see also=<!-- other relevant information --> }}
==References== {{commons category|FMA Ae. MB.2 Bombi}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=393 |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5}} * {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 894 Sheet 27 }} * {{cite journal |title=El Bombardero Argentino |last=Rivas |first=Santiago |author2=Juan C. Cicalesi |journal=Aeroespacio |date=March–April 2003 |issue=552 |url=http://www.aeroespacio.com.ar/site/anteriores/551-560/552/SITE/sumario552.htm |accessdate=2008-03-21 |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919025328/http://www.aeroespacio.com.ar/site/anteriores/551-560/552/SITE/sumario552.htm |archivedate=2008-09-19 }}
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