| P.53 Aeroscooter | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Experimental hybrid monoplane |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Partenavia |
| Designer | |
| Status | On display |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 2 April 1951 |
| Variant | de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter |
The Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter was a 1950s Italian single-seat light aircraft fitted with a two-bladed rotor. It was designed by Luigi Pascale with Mario de Bernardi and built by Partenavia. [1]
The Aeroscooter was low-wing monoplane powered by a 22 hp (16 kW) Ambrosini P-25 piston engine in the nose. [1] It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear. [1] Above the enclosed single-seat cockpit a pylon was to have been fitted with an autorotating, unpowered two-bladed rotor which was to reduce the stalling speed and the rate-of-descent if the engine failed. [1]
Only one Aeroscooter was built and it first flew on 2 April 1951 without the rotor fitted. [1] The Aeroscooter survives and is on display at the Museo Storico Dell Aeronautico Militare Italiana. A two-seat derivative was produced by Mario de Baernardi as the de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957–58 [3]
General characteristics
Performance
