| Macchi L.2 | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Biplane flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Macchi |
| Status | retired |
| Primary user | Italian Navy |
| Number built | 10 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | October 1916 |
| First flight | January 1916 |
| Developed from | Macchi L.1 |
The Macchi L.2 was an Italian biplane flying boat developed from the earlier Macchi L.1, itself a copy of a captured Austrian Lohner flying boat.
In an attempt to improve the performance of the L.1 flying-boat Macchi, the design was improved with a reduced span on the swept biplane wings and a more powerful 119 kW (160 hp) Isotta Fraschini V.4B engine. The L.2 was a three-bay unequal-span biplane flying boat with a two-man crew in side-by-side cockpits. It was powered by a single Isotta Fraschini engine, strut-mounted between the two wings and driving a pusher propeller. It was armed with a single machine gun on a trainable mounting and could also carry four light bombs. Ten L.2s were delivered to the Italian Navy, but they were soon replaced by the newer L.3.
Kingdom of Italy Data fromThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2392.
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