Talk:Macchi C.200

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This page on a modelling website states that the wings were of unequal length in order to counteract torque, although frustratingly it does not say which wing was shorter. This page states that the MC 202 shared this feature. 81.178.94.224 22:35, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

AFAIK MC.205 shared this wing, too. --Denniss 23:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Have to dig my books to provide comlete sources, but AFAIK all the MC.20x series shared the same wing. The left wing was aboutabout 18 cm longer than the right (equals to one interspar space). As a matter of fact, Dr. Mario Castoldi's original design was intended to use an inline engine and the Saetta was modified from it for the use of a radial. Thus, the Saetta is rather to be seen as a kind of offspring from the MC.72-MC.202-MC.205V-MC.205N development line. Various sources also cite that the aircraft from the first series were fitted with a full-enclosed canopy which was changed later to the open-cockpit and "hunchback" design as pilots kept complaining about visibility issues and eventual problems with opening the canopy in the case of a bailout. 80.132.220.194 18:10, 19 November 2006 (UTC)