Caproni Ca.30
| Caproni Ca.1/Ca.30 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Bomber |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| First flight | 1913 [1][2][3] |
| Primary user |  Italy
|
| Wingspan | 21.9 m (71 ft 10 in) [4] to 22.2 m (72 ft 10 in)[5] |
| Engine | 90hp Curtiss inline and 2×80hp Gnome rotaries |
| Armament | 1-2 Revelli MGs [4] or 2-4 MGs[5] and 450 kg (1,000 lb) of bombs[5] |
| Crew | 4 [5] |
| Max Speed | 109 km/h (68 mph) [4] to 137 km/h (85 mph)[5] |
| Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 15:00 [4] |
| Ceiling | 4,100 m (13,500 ft)[5] |
| Endurance | 3:30[5] |
According to Davilla's Italian Aviation in the First World War, the Ca.30 was Caproni's first trimotor twin-boom design, but it remained an unbuilt project.[6] But according to others, it refers to an actual plane using three engines in the central nacelle, as is detailed further here.
The first large Caproni bomber, the Caproni Ca.30, concentrated both the crew and all three engines in the central nacelle, with the Gnome rotaries driving propellers on the outboard booms via transmission gearing and drive shafts. The follow-on, the Caproni Ca.31, simplified things by moving the Gnome engines directly to the booms. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Caproni Ca.2.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Enzo Angelucci, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. New York: The Military Press, 1983 edition. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
- James Davilla, MD, Italian Aviation in the First World War, Volume 2, Aircraft A-H. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2023. ISBN 978-1-953201-80-5
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027
- Kenneth Munson, Bombers: Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, 1914-1919. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1968, Blandford Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0753721711