The I.Ae. 16 "El Gaucho" is a nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine, with a power of about . It was designed by the Aeronautic Institute (''Instituto Aerotécnico'', I.Ae.) of the Argentine Republic in 1943.

Design and development

The goal of I.Ae. 16 was to design an engine in the intermediate power range to equip general purpose aircraft, both civilian and military, that would be built by the Military Aircraft Factory. Due to the difficulty of importing materials because of

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, it was designed to use only materials that could be produced in Argentina. It was based on the Wright J-6/R-975 Whirlwind 9 engine with a displacement of 15.9 liters and in the power range. The Motor and Automotive Factory developed a version of the Whirlwind using up-to-date technologies that allowed it to provide a power of .

Production

There were a number of problems caused by its lack of experience, materials, and tools. This created difficulties in creating high quality metals with the required thermodynamic performance. About 300 units were produced.

Applications

* I.Ae. 22 DL Advanced trainer * DINFIA IA 38 Experimental tailless transport aircraft

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