IPD Periquito

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Periquito
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Periquito II in the TAM Museum
RoleSailplane
National origin Brazil
ManufacturerIPD (Instituto de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento)
DesignerGuido Pessotti
First flight 1957
Introduction 1959
Number built9

The IPD Periquito (Brazilian name for the parakeet bird), was a single-seat sailplane of high-wing construction designed in 1956 by Guido Pessotti in Brazil. [1] [2]

Contents

It had a wooden construction, with a plywood and canvas covering. Little conventional train, with fixed center skate and fixed drumstick, half-embedded. There was also a fixed skate on the tail.

Variants

Periquito I
Developed at the Institute of Aeronautics and Space, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, was designed to fulfill the following requirements as indicated in order of priority. One built.
Periquito II
Evolution of the Periquito I, this glider made its first flight in 1957 and was put into production in 1959. Eight were built.

Specifications (Periquito II)

Data from Taylor 1965, p. 361

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

  1. Taylor 1965, p. 361
  2. Pereira 1997, p. 204

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