title: IPD Periquito
text: # IPD Periquito
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 5.55 m (18 ft 3 in)
  * Wingspan: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
  * Height: 1.05 m (3 ft 5 in)
  * Wing area: 10.00 $m^2$ (107.6 sq ft)
  * Airfoil: Göttingen 549 at root Göttingen 676 at tip
  * Empty weight: 90 kg (198 lb)
  * Max takeoff weight: 180 kg (397 lb)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
  * Maximum glide ratio: 17:1 at 75 km/h (47 mph)
  * Rate of sink: 1.10 m/s (217 ft/min) at 70 km/h (43 mph)
  * Wing loading: 17.8 $kg/m^2$ (3.6 lb/sq ft)
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