FMA I.A.33 Pulqui II
1950
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FMA I.A.33 Pulqui II

Intended to replace the Gloster Meteor F.Mk 4s in service with the Argentine air force, the I.Ae.33 Pulqui II (Arrow II) was designed by a team headed by Germany's brilliant Dr Kurt Tank. Not surprisingly, it embodied some of the results of the advanced research carried out in Germany during World War II, incorporating a shoulder-mounted wing with 40° of sweep-back, and a T-tail with all-swept surfaces. Landing gear was of retractable tricycle-type and power provided by a Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet mounted in the rear fuselage. The pilot was accommodated on an ejection-seat in a pressurised cockpit, protected by armour and a bulletproof windscreen, and enclosed by a sliding canopy that could be jettisoned in emergency.

The first of four-flying prototypes made its maiden flight on 27 June 1950 but it was not until 18 September 1959 that the last was flown. In the intervening period the first prototype had crashed and Dr Tank and his team had left Argentina. These factors, coupled with serious financial problems, meant that development came to an end.

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FMA I.A.33 Pulqui IIA three-view drawing (1660 x 1143)


Specification 
 MODELI.Ae.33
 CREW1
 ENGINE1 x Rolls-Royce Nene, 2268kg
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight5550 kg12236 lb
    Empty weight3600 kg7937 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan10.60 m34 ft 9 in
    Length11.68 m38 ft 4 in
    Height3.50 m11 ft 6 in
    Wing area25.10 m2270.17 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed1050 km/h652 mph
    Ceiling15000 m49200 ft
 ARMAMENT4 x 20mm cannon

Comments 
ALBERTO AYALA, airnascorp(@)yahoo.com, 12.01.2010

I would like to know if there's was a criticism from the US Government about such plane ?

Jorge, gazu(@)yahoo.com, 28.12.2009

El Puiqui I y II nunca salieron de la etapa de la experimentacion. Hoy en dia la Loocked es contratista de Fabricaciones Militares y solo repara los super viejos A-4. Por Razones Politicas exteriores no pudieron ser perfeccionados. Del mismo modo no se ha dearrollado la coheteria y la energia Nuclear.

Gus, 12.02.2009

No me hagan caso a lo que digo, la verdad es que soy un boludo con mierda en la cabeza y no tengo idea de lo que digo.
Apenas se leer y escribo estupideces en internet para sentirme importante

Gus, 02.01.2009

I am posting the same comment that I left on the Me P.1101 page:
Ta 183 ws not designed by Kurt Tank, it was designed by Hans Muldock, who worked later for the british after the war. Tank worked on a roughly inspired design on Ta 183 when he was in Argentina, the already mentioned Pulqui II, that resulted in a complete fiasco; it never performed better than Dewoitine´s Pulqui I. There were four prototypes of Pulqui II constructed in a period of nearly 4 years (50-53), and the first three were lost in accidents cause of the poor design (IIRC, Otto Behrens, the test pilot died; a few days before his death he said that the airplane was "the worst he had ever experienced as a test pilot").The project was initially halted in 1953, because an economic crisis and the fact that Tank and his team left Argentina, and finally cancelled with the fall of Perón in 1955. In those times, 1953, even Migs 15 and F-86s were no longer busy in dogfights in the Korean sky.

Mick, hotideas(@)hotmail.com, 30.09.2008

I have seen and touched this aircraft at Moron AFB. Was fascinated by it as a teenager...never thought I'd ever TOUCH the danged thing! In essence this the actual Kurt Tank design that the Soviets pinched to create the Mig 15 and La 17 fighters!

Gerardo Ferrandino, geferrandi(@)hotmail.com, 08.01.2007

The correct name is PULQUI II

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