| Aviamilano A2 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Aviamilano A3 | |
| Role | Competition sailplane |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Aviamilano Construzioni Aeronautitche |
| Designer | Carlo and Francis Ferrarin and Livio Sonzio |
| First flight | 1964 |
| Number built | 5 |
The Aviamilano A2 or A2 Standard is an Italian high performance Standard Class sailplane first flown in 1964 and returned to production in 1966. [1] [2]
The A2 was designed in the early 1960s at the Polytechnic University of Milan by Carlo Ferrarin, his cousin Francis Ferrarin and Livio Sonzio. Their aim was to build a low cost, light weight but high performance glider. [3]
The A2 is a single-seat cantilever mid-wing monoplane, its high-aspect-ratio wing built around an all-metal torsion box and spar. [4] It is skinned with light alloy and has significant dihedral. [3] In plan the wing has a constant chord central section occupying about half the span, with separable straight tapered outer panels. The centre section trailing edges carries air brakes. [4]
Its fuselage is similar to that of the Aviamilano CPV1, with a wooden structure and ovoid cross-section. As before, the rear part is plywood skinned, but the forward part is covered with glass fibre. [4] A long, single, semi-reclining seat [3] cockpit with a single piece canopy following the fuselage contours is placed ahead of the leading edge. Under it, a rubber-sprung landing skid reaches aft to a retractable single wheel under the forward wing. The fuselage tapers rearwards to a T-tail quite different from the CPV1's conventional empennage, with a swept, straight tapered fin and rudder carrying a cantilever, tapered, one-piece all-moving horizontal tail fitted with a central anti-balance tab. [4]
The A2 first flew in 1964 [2] and a short production run began in 1966. [1] In all, five were built, [2] one of which remained on the Italian civil register in 2010. [5]
An Open-class version of the A2 was produced with 18 m (59 ft 1 in) wings as the Aviamilano A3.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966-67 p.394 [4]
General characteristics
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