Caproni Ca.43
Caproni Ca.43 | |
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Role | Torpedo Seaplane |
Manufacturer | Caproni |
Number built | 1 [1] |
Developed from | Ca.42 |
Wingspan | 29.9 m (98 ft 2 in)[2] |
Engine | 2 or 3×400hp Liberty |
Armament | 910 kg (2,000 lb)[3] or 2×torpedoes[4][3] |
Max Speed | 130 km/h (81 mph)[2] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 7:00[2] |
The Caproni Ca.43 was a twin-engine Caproni Ca.4 seaplane variant intended to carry two torpedoes. The prototype, at least, was completed, and perhaps a handful more, but it never entered series production. [4]
Davilla states the single Ca.43 carried only one torpedo. The conversion was completed in 1920.[1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Caproni Ca.4.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- 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