CANT 12

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CANT 12
RoleFlying boat trainer
Manufacturer CANT
Designer Raffaele Conflenti
First flight 1926
Primary user Regia Marina
Number built1

The CANT 12 was a flying boat and training aircraft that was produced in Italy in the 1920s.

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Design

The CANT 12 was a traditional center-shaped seaplane for the era. The hull was characterized by an open cockpit in an advanced position that ended posteriorly in a single-headed cruciform fletching and horizontal braced planes. The wing configuration was biplana, with wings of equal size connected to each other by a series of uprights and tie rods, with the lower one equipped with small floating balancers. The propulsion was entrusted to a single Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine, an air-cooled six-cylinder V engine capable of delivering a power of 250 bhp (190 kW), mounted in a pivotal configuration and connected to a two-bladed wooden propeller fixed.

Development

The CANT 12 was developed in 1926 as a variant of the previous CANT 7. The prototype was built at the Monfalcone shipyard but after flight test results were unsatisfactory and the development program was cancelled.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. "Archived copy". www.giemmesesto.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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