| M.C.99 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Torpedo-bomber flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Macchi |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Macchi M.C.99 was a prototype 1930s Italian twin-engined torpedo-bomber flying boat designed and built by Macchi.
| M.C.99 | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Role | Torpedo-bomber flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Macchi |
| First flight | 1937 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Macchi M.C.99 was a prototype 1930s Italian twin-engined torpedo-bomber flying boat designed and built by Macchi.
The M.C.99 was designed by Mario Castoldi as a military flying boat, resembling the earlier commercial M.C.94 and was a wooden twin-engined shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane. [1] Constructed mainly of wood, it was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying boat. [1] With a crew of five, it had an enclosed cabin and had defensive gun positions in the bow, amidships and in the tail. [1] The prototype and only M.C.99 was powered by two 890 kW (1,190 hp) Isotta Fraschini Asso XI R.2C.15 engines, strut-mounted above the wings. [1] Briefly flown in 1937 it did not enter production. [1]
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