Ambrosini SAI.3

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SAI.3
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RoleGeneral aviation aircraft
Manufacturer Ambrosini
First flight1937
Number built10

The Ambrosini SAI.3 was a two-seat Italian touring airplane first flown in 1937. It was a low-wing monoplane with a graceful, elliptical wing, and fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Customers could choose between enclosed or open cockpits, and between an inline Alfa Romeo 115 engine or a radial Fiat A.50. A revised version was marketed as the SAI.3S with a smaller-chord wing and a Siemens-Halske Sh 14 radial engine, this offering far superior performance to the original SAI.3 design.

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Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Thompson 1963, pp. 8–9


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