SORTABLE LIST OF SCHNEIDER TROPHY AIRCRAFT [1]
| Year |
Country |
Manufacturer |
Model |
Designer |
Image |
Engine |
Power |
Racing History |
Speed |
Remarks |
| 1913 |
France |
Deperdussin |
|
|
|
Gnome |
160HP |
1st place 1913 |
74 km/h (46 mph) |
|
| 1914 |
G.B. |
Sopwith |
Tabloid |
|
|
Gnome Monosoupape' |
100HP |
1st place 1914 |
139.6 km/h (86.78 mph) |
|
| 1920 |
Italy |
Savoia S.12 |
S.12 |
|
|
Ansaldo 4E29' |
550HP |
1st place 1920 |
172 km/h (107 mph) |
|
| 1921 |
Italy |
Macchi |
M.7 |
|
|
Isotta-Fraschini' |
260HP |
1st place 1921 |
189.7 km/h (117.9 mph) |
4th place at 1922 race. |
| 1922 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
Sea Lion II |
|
|
Napier Lion |
450HP |
1st place 1922 |
234.4 km/h (145.7 mph) |
This was the last flying boat to win a Schneider race |
| 1922 |
Italy |
Savoia S.51 |
S.51 |
|
|
Hispano-Suiza |
300HP |
2nd place 1922 |
230.89 km/h (143.5 mph) |
|
| 1922 |
Italy |
Macchi |
M.17 |
|
|
Isotta-Fraschini V6 |
260HP |
3rd place 1922 |
213.9 km/h (133 mph) |
|
| 1923 |
U.S.A. |
Curtiss |
CR-3 |
|
|
Curtiss D-12 |
465HP |
1st place 1923 |
285.4 km/h (177.38 mph) |
Took 1st and 2nd place in 1923 |
| 1923 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
Sea Lion III |
|
|
Napier Lion |
550HP |
3rd place 1923 |
252.8 km/h (157.17 mph) |
|
| 1925 |
U.S.A. |
Curtiss |
R3C |
|
|
Curtiss V-1400 |
565HP |
1st place 1925 |
374.2 km/h (232.57 mph) |
2nd place at 1926 race. This was the last biplane to win a Schneider race |
| 1925 |
G.B. |
Gloster |
III |
|
|
Napier Lion |
700HP |
2nd place 1925 |
217.1 km/h (199.17 mph) |
Shortest wingspan of all Schneider racers of 20' |
| 1925 |
Italy |
Macchi |
M.33 |
|
|
Curtis D12' |
500HP |
3rd place 1925 |
271.0 km/h (168.44 mph) |
|
| 1925 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
S.4 |
RJ Mitchell |
|
Napier Lion VII |
680HP |
crashed before racing |
|
Crashed most likely from wing flutter of its unbraced cantilever wing |
| 1926 |
Italy |
Macchi |
Macchi M.39 |
Mario Castoldi |
|
Fiat A.S.2' |
600HP |
1st & 3rd place 1926 |
396.6 km/h (246.50 mph) |
|
| 1927 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
Supermarine S.5 |
R. J. Mitchell |
|
Napier Lion VIIA |
900HP |
1st & 2nd place 1927 |
453.2 km/h |
|
| 1927 |
Italy |
Macchi |
Macchi M.52 |
Mario Castoldi |
|
Fiat AS.3' |
1000HP |
Retired on lap 1927 |
457.3 km/h (284.2 mph) |
Featured the unusual swept back wings. 3rd place 1929 as M.52R. |
| 1927 |
G.B. |
Short |
Short Crusader |
W.A. Bristow |
|
Bristol Mercury Radial |
810HP |
Crashed before racing |
|
Crashed during race trials from an aileron cross-over error. |
| 1929 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
Supermarine S.6 |
R. J. Mitchell |
|
Rolls-Royce R |
1900HP |
1st place 1929 |
528.8 km/h (328.63 mph) |
|
| 1929 |
Italy |
Macchi |
Macchi M.67 |
Mario Castoldi |
|
Isotta-Franchini' |
1800HP |
Both planes that were entered failed to finish their 1929 races |
485 km/h |
|
| 1929 |
G.B. |
Gloster |
Gloster VI |
|
|
Napier Lion VIID |
1320HP |
Withdrawn before race |
|
Not entered for races because of an unreliable fuel supply |
| 1929 |
Italy |
Savoia-Marchetti |
Savoia-Marchetti S.65 |
|
|
2x Isotta-Fraschini V6 |
1000HP x2 |
Not entered for racing |
|
Featured the pilot sandwiched between double motors with tractor and pusher propellers to eliminate the prop torque problem and double engine power. |
| 1929 |
Italy |
Fiat Aviazione |
Fiat C.29 |
Celestino Rosatelli |
|
Fiat AS.5 |
1050HP |
Not entered for racing |
|
Not ready in time |
| 1929 |
Italy |
Piaggio |
Piaggio P.7 |
|
|
Isotta-Fraschini V6 |
980HP |
Failed flight trials |
|
With hydro-vanes instead of floats this is most probably the most radical Schneider racer design. However the engineers couldn't solve the boat to plane propeller clutch in time and sadly the plane never got past water trials. Speed was estimated at 580 km/h |
| 1931 |
G.B. |
Supermarine |
Supermarine S.6B |
R. J. Mitchell |
|
Rolls-Royce R |
2350HP |
1st place 1931 |
528.8 km/h (340.08 mph) |
Won the Trophy outright for Great Britain |
| 1931 |
Italy |
Macchi |
Macchi M.C.72 |
Mario Castoldi |
|
Fiat AS.6' |
2500HP |
Not ready in time for the 1931 race |
709 km/h |
Final Schneider aircraft and the only one to feature counter-rotating propellers. This aircraft was decades ahead of it time and the Empire State Building of aircraft. |