Caproni Ca.41
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Caproni Ca.41 | |
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Role | Bomber |
Manufacturer | Caproni |
Introduction | 1918 [1] |
Primary user | ![]() |
Number built | 12 [1] |
Developed from | Ca.40 |
Variants | Ca.42, Ca.43 |
Wingspan | 29.9 m (98 ft) [2] |
Engine | 3×200hp Isotta-Fraschini vees |
Armament | nose flexible MG 2×rear flexible MG[note 1] 1,400 kg (3,190 lb)[2] of bombs |
Crew | 5 |
Max Speed | 140 km/h (87 mph) [3] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 19:40[2] 2,000 m (6,500 ft) in 51:25[2] |
Ceiling | 3,000 m (9,840 ft) [3] |
Ceiling | 2,900 m (9,500 ft) [2] |
Endurance | 7:00 [2]
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The Caproni Ca.40 was followed by a more successful version with 270hp engines and an oval central nacelle, the Caproni Ca.41. Twelve were built, and they served with both the Italian Army and Navy. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Caproni Ca.4.
Miniatures and Models
1:144 Scale
- Shapeways: Columbia Aerodrome
References
- Notes
- ↑ One on the rear of each engine nacelle.
- Citations
- Bibliography
- 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