CNA C-7

Last updated
C-7
TypeNine-cylinder radial engine
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica (CNA)

The CNA C-7 was a small nine-cylinder supercharged, geared, single row radial engine designed in Italy in the early 1930s. [1] Three light aircraft class world altitude records were set by the CNA C-7 powered Fiat AS.1 and CNA Eta. [2]

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Applications

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938 [1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Grey, C.G. (1972). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. London: David & Charles. p. 68d. ISBN   0715 35734 4.
  2. "FAI records: Niclot - 1932". Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  3. Thompson, Jonathan (1963). Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930-1945 . Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, Inc. pp.  131–2.