Caproni Ca.72

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Caproni Ca.72
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RoleNight bomber aircraft
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Caproni
First flight1924
Number built1
Developed from Caproni Ca.66

The Caproni Ca.72 was an Italian night bomber designed to reequip the post-World War I Italian Air Force.

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Design and development

The Ca.72 was, overall, similar to the Caproni Ca.66 and Caproni Ca.67 in overall design . However, the Ca.72 differed from the Ca.67 in the addition of an SPA 6A engine, mounted as a pusher on the upper mainplane centre-line. Despite these changes, flight tests offered only a 5 km/h (3.1 mph; 2.7 kn) increase in speed over the Ca.66. The Regia Aeronautica did not order the aircraft into production and the Ca.72 was abandoned in favor of the Caproni Ca.73. [1]

Specifications

Data from , [2] Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

  1. 1 2 Caproni, Gianni (1937). Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935 (in Italian). Milan: Edizioni d'arte Emilio Bestetti. pp. 168–174, 181.
  2. "Caproni Ca.72". Airwar.ru. Retrieved 2019-02-03.