Fiat G.12

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Fiat G.12
Type Civil airliner & military transport
Manufacturer Fiat
Designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli
Maiden flight 15 October 1940
Introduced 1941
Primary users Regia Aeronautica
Luftwaffe
Royal Hungarian Air Force
Produced 1941-1944
Number built 30

The Fiat G.12 was an Italian transport aircraft of the Second World War.

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[edit] Design and development

The G.12 was an all-metal low-cantilever-wing personnel transport aircraft. It had three radial engines, one mounted on the fuselage nose and the other two in wing-mounted nacelles. The engines drove three-blade feathering metal propellers. The mainwheels of its landing gear retracted into the nacelles; the tailwheel was fixed. The flight deck and cabin were fully enclosed. Access was via a port-side access door aft of the wing.

The G.12 was was designed as a civil aircraft, but served mainly in military roles during the War. Only a limited number were built, some as late as 1944, after the Italian armistice. The G.12 inspired the postwar Fiat G.212 "Flying Classroom", the last Italian three-engined transporter.

[edit] Variants

G.12C
14-passenger transport aircraft, powered by three 770-hp (574-kW) Fiat A.74 RC 42 radial piston engines.
G.12 Gondar
Long-range cargo transport aircraft.
G.12GA
Long-range transport aircraft, fitted with extra fuel tanks. Three built.
G.12RT
Special long-range version, built to fly between Rome and Tokyo. One built.
G.12RTbis
One built.
G.12T
Troop and cargo transport aircraft.
G.12CA
18-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial piston engines.
G.12L
22-passenger commercial airliner.
G.12LA
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three Alfa Romeo 128 radial piston engines.
G.12LB
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 810-hp (604-kW) Bristol Pegasus 48 radial piston engines.
G.12LP
22-passenger commercial airliner, powered by three 1,065-hp (793-kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S1C3-G Twin Wasp radial piston engines.

[edit] Operators

[edit] Military operators

Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of Hungary Hungary
Flag of Italy Italy

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: 3 (two pilots, radio operator)
  • Capacity: 14 troops or 24 civilians
  • Length: 20.16 m (66 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 28.6 m (93 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
  • Wing area: 113.5 m² (1221.70 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 8890 kg (19599 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 12800 kg (28219 lb)
  • Powerplant: 3× Fiat A.74 RC.42 14 cylinder air cooled radial engines, 574 kW (800 hp) each

Performance

Armament 2 x 7.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns

[edit] See also

Related development

Comparable aircraft

[edit] References

  • Angelucci, Enzo The World Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, London, 1987.
  • Stroud, John. "Post War Propliners : Fiat G.12 and G.212". Aeroplane Monthly. Volume 23 No. 1, January 1994. London: IPC. Page 64-68.

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