Caproni Ca.103
| Ca.103 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Bomber |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Caproni Ca.103 was a biplane twin-engine bomber developed by the Italian company Aeronautica Caproni in the late 1920s.
Design
[edit]The Ca.103 had a fuselage, with a rectangular section and made of welded tubes, that integrated the two-seater closed cockpit placed at the wing connection edge and intercommunicating with the three positions for machine guns and pointer. On the rear, it ended up with a single drift fletching equipped with horizontal counter-braced sesquiplane planes, connected to each other by a pair of "V-shaped" uprights, and with the lower plane with adjustable incidence in flight. The wing configuration was sesquiplane inverted with neutral scaling, ie with a higher wing plane with a significantly shorter opening and positioned directly above the lower one, the latter being the only one with a differential slit aileron . The wings, both characterized by a sensitive positive dihedral angle, were connected to each other by a series of riser pairs in Warren truss configuration. The landing gear had a fixed classic tricycle configuration, with a front element with an interrupted axle and an elastic upright, with uncovered wheels equipped with brakes, integrated at the back by a swiveling support wheel which was also elastically cushioned.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935[2]
General characteristics
- Length: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 23 m (75 ft 6 in)
- Height: 6 m (19 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 130 m2 (1,400 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 4,200 kg (9,259 lb)
- Gross weight: 6,700 kg (14,771 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Fiat A.24 V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 560 kW (750 hp) each
- Propellers: 2-bladed pusher and tractor propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
Armament
- Guns: 3 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns
- Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of bombs
See also
[edit]Related lists
References
[edit]- ^ "Canponi Ca.103". Airwar.ru. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
- ^ Caproni, Gianni (1937). Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935 (in Italian). Milan: Edizioni d'arte Emilio Bestetti. p. 298.
