Empresa Nacional de Aviación T-27 Tapaculo Advanced Training Aircraft
In September 1948 the Ministry of National Defense has directed the Empresa Nacional de Aviación to commence design studies for a new advanced training aircraft for the Fuerza Aérea del Perú, with an initial concept presented to the Ministry in February 1949. Under the designation T-27 the proposed aircraft emerged as an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable tailwheel landing gear. It featured an enclosed cockpit with a raised canopy for a pupil and instructor in tandem.
General characteristics
Crew: two (pupil, instructor)
Length: 9.50 meters
Wingspan: 13 meters
Height: 2.65 meters
Empty weight: 2,240 kg
Gross weight: 2,860 kg
Powerplant: One Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S3H1 Wasp 9-cylinder radial piston engine rated at 610 hp
Performance
Maximum speed: 370 kph
Range: 1,900 kilometers
Service ceiling: 6,800 meters
Armament (optional)
Underwing hard points for two pods each with one 7.65mm FN-Browning machinegun and 200 rounds of ammunition and up to four 25 kg bombs for weapons training or light attack duties.