Partenavia Aeroscooter

P.53 Aeroscooter
Role Experimental hybrid monoplane
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Partenavia
Designer Mario de Bernardi
First flight 2 April 1951
Status On display
Number built 1

The Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter was a 1950s Italian single-seat light aircraft fitted with a two-bladed rotor. It was designed by Mario de Bernardi and built by Partenavia.[1]

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Design and development

The Aeroscooter was low-wing monoplane powered by a 22 hp (16 kW) Ambrosini P-25 piston engine in the nose.[1] It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear.[1] Above the enclosed single-seat cockpit was fitted a pylon with a two-bladed rotor which was to reduce the stalling speed and the rate-of-descent if the engine failed.[1] Only one Aeroscooter was built and it first flew on 2 April 1951 without the rotor fitted.[1] The Aeroscooter survives and is on display at the Museo Storico Dell Aeronautico Militare Italiana.

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References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Orbis 1985, p. 2680
  2. ^ Sport Aviation. June 1960. 

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