The SME Aero Tiga , originally the Dätwyler MD-3 Swiss Trainer is a trainer aircraft developed in Switzerland through the 1960s and 70s, and which first flew in 1983.
6-628: In 1993, all rights to the design were acquired by SME Aerospace , who began to produce it as the Aero Tiga shortly thereafter, having received orders for 20 by the Royal Malaysian Air Force . The first two of these were delivered in 1995, and the order was increased to 60 aircraft the following year. SME Aerospace also received orders for 20 aircraft for the Indonesian government's flight training center at Curug , as part of
12-525: A deal by the Malaysian government to acquire IPTN CN-235 transports. In configuration, the Swiss Trainer is a mid-wing, cantilever monoplane with fixed spatted tricycle undercarriage. Accommodation for the pilot and instructor was provided as side-by-side seats under an expansive bubble canopy . The four-cylinder horizontally-opposed piston engine drove a fixed two-blade propeller. While
18-623: Is a Malaysian defence company in aerospace section that specialises in the manufacturing of aircraft and its parts. The company is located in Sungai Buloh, Selangor and it is a subsidiary company of National Aerospace and Defence Industries Sdn Bhd. The company founded in 1992 through the offset program from the United Kingdom after the government of Malaysia agreed to purchase BAE Systems Hawk fighter aircraft. In 1993, SME Aerospace moving forward in aerospace industry by acquired
24-669: The design rights of MD-3 Swiss Trainer aircraft from the Dätwyler of Switzerland . This trainer aircraft manufactured locally and called SME Aero Tiga . SME Aerospace succeed in selling their trainer aircraft to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and Indonesian Civil Aviation Institute. SME Aerospace also part of global supplier of composites aero structures and aircraft parts for the Airbus including Airbus A320 , Airbus A330 , Airbus A350 XWB , Airbus A380 and components for Airbus Helicopters . In 2015, BAE Systems awarded SME Aerospace
30-562: The horizontal stabiliser and the fin can similarly be interchanged, and most of the left and right wings is common to both. The aircraft features an unusual exhaust that spans the entire length of the underside of the fuselage. Entry is through a forward sliding canopy that also includes the wing root fairing. Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000 General characteristics Performance Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era SME Aerospace The SME Aerospace Sdn Bhd (SMEA),
36-478: The layout of the aircraft was entirely orthodox, its construction was not, as the Swiss Trainer was designed to be as modular as possible to lower the cost and complexity of production and maintenance. To this end, as many parts were made interchangeable as possible. For example, all nine control surfaces (two ailerons, four flap segments, two elevators, and the rudder) are the same part that can be fitted to any of these locations with minimal modification. Both halves of
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