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Let Let Let - Warplanes => Combat Warplanes => Topic started by: mfg495 on September 30, 2007, 08:48:53 PM

Title: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: mfg495 on September 30, 2007, 08:48:53 PM

Found this image on my hard drive, does anyone know what its called?  :-think

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: No.1 on September 30, 2007, 09:20:58 PM

I am not sure that this could fly.

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: Nico Braas on September 30, 2007, 09:50:13 PM

Yes, No. 1. You are absolutely right; it didn't fly!
The photo shows the Italian Caproni Idro-Noviplane of 1920.
It was powered by six 375 hp engines but proved to be so underpowered it never lifted off the water!

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: santynus on September 30, 2007, 10:35:51 PM

the name of this aircraft is Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo

The Caproni Ca.60 Transaereo was a nine wing flying boat intended to be a prototype for a 100 passenger trans-atlantic airliner. It featured eight engines and three sets of triple wings. Two pontoons, mounted on each side, were intended to give the aircraft stability. Only one example of this aircraft was built by Caproni. The prototype only made one short flight on 4 March 1921 over Lake Maggiore in Italy. The aircraft attained an altitude of only 60 feet and crashed shortly thereafter. It broke up on impact and quickly filled with water, sinking to the bottom of the lake in a few minutes.

General characteristics
Crew: 8
Capacity: 100 passengers
Length: 23.45 m (77 ft)
Wingspan: 30.0 m (98 ft 5 in)
Height: 9.15 m (30 ft)
Loaded weight: 26,000 kg (55,100 lb)
Powerplant: 8× Liberty L-12 liquid-cooled V12 engines, 400 hp (300 kW) each

Performance
Cruise speed: 130 km/h (70 knots, 80 mph)
Range: 660 km (360 nm, 410 mi)
Power/mass: 11 W/kg (0.0070 hp/lb)

source: en.wikipedia.org

related link

http://www.airbornegrafix.com/HistoricAircraft/ToFly/CaproniCA60.htm
http://avia.russian.ee/air/italy/caproni_ca-60.php

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: santynus on September 30, 2007, 10:59:27 PM

other images :))

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: santynus on September 30, 2007, 11:01:38 PM

again... :))

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: santynus on September 30, 2007, 11:04:54 PM

for finish... :-green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnGZBhrrlMk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsunerji%2Eblog61%2Efc2%2Ecom%2Fblog%2Dentry%2D2673%2Ehtml

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: santynus on October 01, 2007, 11:15:11 AM

the reasons of the failure of the Caproni C.60's flight were the ballast, composed from sandbags (simulating the weight of the passengers), that not being fixed, during the flight moved causing the abrupt change of the center of gravities of the airplane that caused the fall of the aircraft, one great idea a great airplane lost for one reason (the ballast) not connected to the plain… :-/ :-wave

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: No.1 on October 01, 2007, 11:51:04 AM

Stupid reason to lost the airplane. Interesting that this could lift. Maybe early sample of use of wing in ground effect?

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: mfg495 on October 01, 2007, 02:05:01 PM

Thank you all for the great information and images  :-ok :-obey

Title: Re: Unknow aircraft?
Post by: Leo on October 04, 2007, 12:39:50 PM

 :-wise

Count Caproni was responsible for some pretty awesome bombers during WW I.  I ubderstand that there were some preliminary plans to  build some of those planes in the US powered by Liberty v-12 motors.  How many, if any, were built I don't know.

This thread is very interesting.