Piaggio P.3

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Piaggio P.3 was an Italian night bomber prototype built by Piaggio in 1923.

Design and development

Designed by Ing Giovanni Pegna, the P.3 was a four-engine, two-bay biplane with wings of unequal span, the lower wing being greater in span than the upper. Its four 149-kilowatt (200-horsepower) S.P.A. 6A engines were mounted in tandem pairs on the lower wing, with each engine driving one of four propellers, two mounted in a tractor and two in a pusher configuration. The P.3's tail was of biplane configuration with three rudders mounted between the two planes. The crew of four consisted of a pilot, co-pilot, nose gunner, and rear gunner; the pilot and co-pilot sat side by side in a cockpit just ahead of the wings, the nose gunner manned a machine gun mounted in a cockpit in front of them, and the rear gunner manned two machine guns, one in an amidships cockpit behind the pilots and another mounted in a ventral tunnel for defense against attacks from below.

The P.3 made its first flight in 1923, and Piaggio later installed two 306-kilowatt (410-horsepower) Fiat A.20V engines on the aircraft. However, the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) did not place a production order for the P.3.

Operators

Italy

Specifications

Performance specifications are with the original S.P.A. 6A engines General characteristics

Crew: 4
Wingspan: 24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Powerplant: 4 × S.P.A. 6A piston, 149 kW (200 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph)

Armament

3 × machine guns

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piaggio P.3.

Notes

v t e Piaggio aircraft

Piaggio	Fn.350 P.2 P.3 P.6 P.7 P.8 P.9 P.10 P.11 P.12 P.16 P.23M P.23R P.32 P.50 P.108 P.111 P.119 P.133 P.136 P.148 P.149 P.150 P.166 P.180 P1XX (under development)

Piaggio-Douglas	PD.808

Piaggio-Pegna	P.c.7

Piaggio-Selex	P.1HH

v t e Lists relating to aviation

General	Aircraft manufacturers Aircraft engines manufacturers Gliders Airlines defunct Airports Civil authorities Museums Registration prefixes Rotorcraft manufacturers Timeline

Military	Air forces Weapons Experimental Missiles Unmanned

Accidents/incidents	Commercial airliners by location Fatalities by death toll General aviation Military

Records	Airspeed Altitude Distance Endurance Firsts Large Most-produced aircraft Most-produced rotorcraft

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.