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Страна: Италия

Год: 1917

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J.Davilla Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.2: Aircraft A-H (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 74)

Caproni Ca. 53

  The Ca.53 was intended to meet a requirement for a fast day bomber carrying a 400 kg bomb load.
  It was a triplane with single fuselage of all-wood construction. This was to have been a multirole aircraft for long-range fighter, fast reconnaissance, or light bombing missions. The large fuselage could carry a significant bomb load internally, as well as externally. Defensive armament consisted of a dorsal machine gun turret and a gun firing beneath the aircraft from a trap door.
  The fuel tank was jettisonable. The engine was a 500-hp Tosi V-12, which proved to be heavier than the originally planned FIAT A.14.
  The project was abandoned in part due to performance issues and in part because Caproni was fully committed to the Ca.5 program.


Ca.53 two seat day bomber with one 500-hp Tosi V-12 engine
  Wingspan 14.30m ; length 9.23 m; height 3.86 m; wing surface area 65 sq m
  Empty weight 1600 kg; payload 800 Kg; loaded weight 2,400 kg
  Maximum speed 175 to 190 km/h
  One built

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  • J.Davilla Italian Aviation in the First World War. Vol.2: Aircraft A-H (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 74)