# FMA AeMB.2

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1930s Argentinian bomber aircraft

AeMB.1 and AeMB.2 Bombi General information Type Bomber Manufacturer FMA Primary user Argentine Air Force Number built 16 History Introduction date 1936 First flight 9 October 1935 Retired 1945

The **FMA AeMB.2 Bombi** was a [bomber](/source/Bomber) aircraft developed in [Argentina](/source/Argentina) in the mid-1930s. It was a [low-wing](/source/Low-wing) [cantilever](/source/Cantilever) [monoplane](/source/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](/source/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)

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** Three

- **Length:** 10.90 m (35 ft 9 in)

- **Wingspan:** 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)

- **Height:** 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)

- **Wing area:** 25.0 m2 (269 sq ft)

- **Empty weight:** 2,120 kg (4,670 lb)

- **Gross weight:** 3,500 kg (7,710 lb)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Wright R-1820](/source/Wright_R-1820)-F3 , 533 kW (715 hp)

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 285 km/h (177 mph, 154 kn)

- **Range:** 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)

- **Service ceiling:** 6,000 m (19,685 ft)

- **Rate of climb:** 5.5 m/s (1,100 ft/min)

**Armament**

- 1 fixed forward-firing 11.35 mm [Madsen gun](/source/Madsen_gun) in forward fuselage

- 1 trainable, rearward-firing 0.45 machine gun in ventral position

- 400 kg (880 lb) of bombs

## See also

**Related lists**

- [List of Interwar military aircraft](/source/List_of_Interwar_military_aircraft)

## References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [FMA Ae. MB.2 Bombi](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:FMA_Ae._MB.2_Bombi).

- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). *Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation*. London: Studio Editions. p. 393. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7106-0710-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7106-0710-5).

- *World Aircraft Information Files*. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 894 Sheet 27.

- Rivas, Santiago; Juan C. Cicalesi (March–April 2003). ["El Bombardero Argentino"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080919025328/http://www.aeroespacio.com.ar/site/anteriores/551-560/552/SITE/sumario552.htm). *Aeroespacio* (in Spanish) (552). Archived from [the original](http://www.aeroespacio.com.ar/site/anteriores/551-560/552/SITE/sumario552.htm) on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-03-21.

v t e Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA)/Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) aircraft Dirección General de Aerotécnica (Ae) 1927–1936 C.1 C.2 C.3 C.4 MB.1 MB.2 ME.1 MO.1 MOe.1 MOe.2 MS.1 T.1 Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) 1938–1943 FMA 20 FMA 21 Instituto Aerotécnico (I.Ae) 1943–1952 I.Ae 22 I.Ae 23 I.Ae 24 I.Ae 25 I.Ae 27 I.Ae 28 I.Ae 30 I.Ae 31 I.Ae 32 I.Ae 33 I.Ae 34 I.Ae 35 I.Ae 36 I.Ae 37 I.Ae 38 I.Ae 39 I.Ae 40 Instituto Aerotécnico (IA) 1952-present IA 41 IA 43 IA 44 IA 45 IA 46 IA 47 I.Ae. 48 IA 49 IA 50 IA 51 IA 52 IA 53 IA 54 IA 55 IA 56 IA 58 IA 59 IA 60 IA 62 IA-63 IA 66 IA 67 IA 68 IA 70 IA 73 IA-100

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