Caproni Ca.350

Caproni Ca.350
General information
Type	Fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Caproni
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino

The Caproni Ca.350 was an Italian single-engined project for a two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. Designed by Cesare Pallavicino to meet a requirement of the Regia Aeronautica, it was an innovative and fast design, to have been powered by an Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42, but no aircraft were built.

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in)
• Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 23.8 m² (256 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb) (reconnaissance mission)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,399 kg (9,698 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42 air-cooled X-24 piston engine, 930 kW (1,250 hp) (take-off power)
• Propellers: 3-bladed bladed constant speed

Performance

• Maximum speed: 647 km/h (402 mph, 349 kn) at 4,200 m (13,800 ft)
• Range: 1,448 km (900 mi, 782 nmi) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft) (reconnaissance mission)
• Endurance: 4 hr 30 min
• Service ceiling: 9,501 m (31,171 ft)

Armament

• Guns: *1x 20 mm (0.787 in) cannon firing through propeller hub
• 2x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine-guns in the wings
• 1x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine gun in rear cockpit
• Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) bombs under wings and fuselage

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Fairey P.4/34
• Caproni Ca.335

References

1. Thompson, Jonathon W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945 . USA: Aero Publishers Inc. p.  118. ISBN   0-8168-6500-0.

Further reading

• Green, William (1967). War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London: Macdonald.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120324033704/http://www.luciano.tamietto.name/planes/italian.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110726191037/http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/aircraft/599.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110605030638/http://italianaircraftofwwii.devhub.com/
• http://www.elgrancapitan.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=17635
• http://it.narkive.com/2005/11/24/3661271-motori-isotta-fraschini.html