Viberti Musca 1

Viberti Musca 1
Role Two-seat touring monoplane
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Ali Viberti SpA
Designer Franco Muscariello
First flight 1948




The Viberti Musca 1 is a 1940s Italian two-seat civil touring monoplane produced by Ali Verberti SpA of Turin.[1]

The Musca 1 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane powered by a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 flat-four piston engine.[1] Named for the chief designer Franco Muscariello it had an enclosed side-by-side seating and a fixed conventional landing gear.[1] The Musca 1 started production in 1948 and in 1951 the Musca 1bis was introduced with structural improvements.[1] The company had two further variants planned but the company was dissolved around 1951.[1] Muscareillo continued development of the Musca 1, however, flying a modified version, the Musca 1 Ter powered by a Walter Micron on 15 September 1952.[2][3]

Variants

Musca 1
Initial production variant.
Musca 1bis
Structural improvements.
Musca 1 Ter
Modified undercarriage and 75 horsepower (56 kW) Walter Micron III engine.[2]
Musca 2
Three-seat cabin monoplane, not built.
Musca 4
A high-wing development of the Musca 1, not built.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52[4]

General characteristics

Performance


References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Orbis 1985, p. 3038
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bridgman 1953, p. 163.
  3. ↑ Bridgman 1953, p. 40.
  4. ↑ Bridgman 1951, p. 162c.

Bibliography

  • Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • Bridgman, Leonard (1953). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953–54. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.