Caproni Ca.350
The Caproni Ca.350 Maestrale was an Italian single-engined project of two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s, derived by the preceding Caproni Ca.350. It was designed by Cesare Pallavicino to meet a requirement of an Italian Regia Aviazione. It was an innovative and fast plane equipped by Isotta-Fraschini RC42 Zeta. No plane were built.
Operators
- Italy
Specifications
Data from Museo Caproni documentation (Trento - Italia)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 10.6109 m (34 ft 9.75 in)
- Wingspan: 13.2017 m (43 ft 3.75 in)
- Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 23.80 m2 (256.2 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb) (reconnaissance mission)
- Powerplant: 1 × Isotta-Fraschini RC42 Zeta liquid cooled V12 engine, 930 kW (1,250 hp) (take-off power)
- Propellers: 3-bladed bladed constant speed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 647 km/h; 349 kn (402 mph) at 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
- Range: 1,448 km; 782 nmi (900 mi) at 4,000 m (13,120 ft) (reconnaissance mission)
- Endurance: 4 hr 30 s
- Service ceiling: 9,501 m (31,170 ft)
- Time to altitude:
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 × 20 mm firing through propeller hub and two 7.62 mm s in wing
- 1 × 7,62 mm machine gun in rear cockpit
- Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) under wings and fuselage
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- Green, William (1967). War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London: Macdonald.
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