CANT Z.509

CANT Z.509
General information
Type	Mail plane
Manufacturer	CANT
Primary user	Ala Littoria
Number built	3
History
Introduction date	1937
First flight	1937

The CANT Z.509 was a three-engine Italian floatplane developed from the Z.506A for use as a mailplane.

Design and development

Designed as a larger and heavier version of the Z.506A, three aircraft were built in 1937 for Ala Littoria . The aircraft were for use on the airline's transatlantic postal service to South America. The aircraft was a twin-float seaplane powered by three Fiat A.80 R.C.41 radial engines. With the outbreak of World War II, development of the type was abandoned.

Operators

  Kingdom of Italy

• Ala Littoria

Specifications (Z.509)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Length: 19.15 m (62 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 28.32 m (92 ft 11 in)
• Height: 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 99.95 m² (1,075.8 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 9,979 kg (22,000 lb)
• Gross weight: 15,966 kg (35,200 lb)
• Powerplant: 3 × Fiat A.80 R.C.41 18-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines

Performance

• Maximum speed: 425 km/h (264 mph, 229 kn) at 4,500 m (14,760 ft)
• Cruise speed: 349 km/h (217 mph, 189 kn)
• Range: 3,748 km (2,329 mi, 2,024 nmi) to 3,988 km (2,478 mi; 2,153 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 8,000 m (26,240 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.4 m/s (1,060 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 4,500 m (14,760 ft) in 14 minutes

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Consolidated PBY Catalina
• Heinkel He 115

Related lists

• List of flying boats and floatplanes

References

1. Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. pp. 60–62. ISBN   978-0-8168-6500-0. LCCN   63-17621.

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
• Thompson, Jonathan W. Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945, New York: Aero Publishers Inc., 1963. ISBN   0-8168-6500-0.