Caproni PS.1
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| PS.1 | |
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| Type | Sportsplane |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| Maiden flight | 1934 |
| Primary user | Italy |
| Produced | 1934 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Caproni PS.1 was an Italian sportsplane, designed and built specifically to compete in Challenge 1934, the European touring plane championships. It was also known as Pallavicino PS-1. It was a four-seater low-wing monoplane.
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[edit] Design and development
The plane was designed by Cesare Pallavicino, the former designer of Breda, after he had moved in 1933 to Caproni. Only two prototypes of the PS-1 were built. They carried registrations I-FRAN and I-MELO.
[edit] Operational history
Both aircraft took part in Challenge 1934 contest, flown by Armando François and Ugo Vincenzi. In a technical evaluation, the PS-1 took second place behind the Messerschmitt Bf 108 (PS-1 and Bf 108 were the only Challenge aircraft with retractable landing gear). The aircraft were completed only shortly before the contest, so their pilots had little time for training. During a short landing trial, Vincenzi damaged his engine and propeller, and he had to withdraw. Armando François completed the contest in 18th place (for 34 starting and 19 finishing crews).
[edit] Specifications
[edit] Description
Metal construction cantilever low-wing monoplane. Steel framed fuselage, covered with canvas. Single spar trapezoid wings with rounded tips, of steel construction, canvas covered. Wings could be folded aft. The cabin had two side-by-side seats in front with dual controls, and two seats in the rear, under a common multi-part canopy. Retractable conventional landing gear with a rear skid. The main gear wheels protruded from the wing's lower surface. Radial engine in fuselage nose, with a cowling. Two-blade propeller. 160-l fuel tank.
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3 passengers (incl. 2nd pilot)
- Length: 7.19 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 10.69 m (35 ft 0¾ in)
- Height: 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 17.5 m² (188 ft²)
- Empty weight: 560 kg (1,200 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,050 kg (2,310 lb)
- Useful load: 490 kg (1,078 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Fiat A.70 air-cooled 9-cylinder radial engine, 147 kW (200 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 km/h (124 knots, 143 mph)
- Cruise speed: 190 km/h (103 knots, 118 mph)
- Stall speed: <65 km/h (35 knots, 40 mph)
- Range: 804 km (434 nm, 499 mi)
- Service ceiling 6,498 m (21,313 ft)
- Wing loading: 60 kg/m² (12.3 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.14 kW/kg (0.087 hp/lb)
[edit] References
- Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 (Polish language)
- Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963) Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945. Aero Publishers.
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
- Messerschmitt Bf 108 - Fieseler Fi 97 - Breda Ba-42 - Aero A.200
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