Caproni Ca.350
Role Fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Caproni
Designer Cesare Pallavicino

The Caproni Ca.350 was an Italian single-engined project for a two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. Designed by Cesare Pallavicino to meet a requirement of the Regia Aeronautica, it was an innovative and fast design, to have been powered by an Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42, but no aircraft were built.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: two
  • Length: 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 23.8 m2 (256 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
  • Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb) (reconnaissance mission)
  • Max takeoff weight: 4,399 kg (9,698 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42 air-cooled X-24 piston engine, 930 kW (1,250 hp) (take-off power)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed bladed constant speed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 647 km/h (402 mph, 349 kn) at 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
  • Range: 1,448 km (900 mi, 782 nmi) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) (reconnaissance mission)
  • Endurance: 4 hr 30 min
  • Service ceiling: 9,501 m (31,171 ft)

Armament

  • Guns: *1x 20 mm (0.787 in) cannon firing through propeller hub
  • 2x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine-guns in the wings
  • 1x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine gun in rear cockpit
  • Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) bombs under wings and fuselage

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Jonathon W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. p. 118. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0.

Further reading

  • Green, William (1967). War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London: Macdonald.
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