Caproni Ca.91

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Caproni Ca 91
RoleFlying boat
National originItaly
Manufacturer Caproni
Statusproject only
Developed from Caproni Ca.90

The Caproni Ca.91 was a proposed Italian flying boat designed by Caproni.

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Design and development

Like the Caproni Ca.90, the Ca.91 had three tandem pairs of 1,000 hp (746 kW) Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 W-18 inline piston engines, but all three pairs were mounted on the lower wing. [1]

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Gianni Caproni, Biplano Ca 90, in Gli Aeroplani Caproni - Projects Studies Realizations from 1908 to 1935, Milan, Edizioni d'arte Emilio Bestetti, 1937, pp. 229-45, ISBN not existing.
  2. AA.VV., Caproni Ca.90, in Grande Enciclopedia Aeronautica, Milan, Edizioni Aeronautica L. Mancini, 1936, p. 154, ISBN not existing.