| SAI.2S | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Operational SAI 2S at Milan (Bresso) Airport in 1965 | |
| Role | Utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Ambrosini |
| Designer | Sergio Stefanutti |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Primary user | Private pilot owners |
The Ambrosini SAI.2S was a four-seat light aircraft produced in Italy shortly before World War II.
It was a low-wing, cantilever cabin monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. It first appeared in 1937 and was initially powered by the Alfa Romeo 115-I engine of 185 horsepower (138 kW). At least one example was converted postwar with the de Havilland Gipsy Six Series II of 205 horsepower (153 kW). [1]
The aircraft was primarily of wooden construction, the fuselage being a wooden monocoque and the two-spar wing having a duralumin-covered centre-section built integral with the fuselage and internally reinforced with steel tubes. The wing carried Handley Page slots and split flaps, and dual controls were fitted. [2]
The type was produced in small numbers, for use by private pilot owners. Two examples were operational in 1965. One aircraft was still extant As of 2006 [update] , and is preserved at the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics at Trento Airport. [3]
Despite the similar designation, this design was unrelated to the earlier SAI.2
Data from Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945 [4]
General characteristics
Performance
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