Caproni Ca.335

Caproni Ca 335 Maestrale/SABCA S.47
Role	fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Italy/Belguim
Manufacturer	Caproni/SABCA
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino
Number built	1

Specifications (S.47)

Data from War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 10.6109 m (34 ft 9.75 in)
• Wingspan: 13.2017 m (43 ft 3.75 in)
• Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 23.80 m² (256.2 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb) (reconnaissance mission)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,350 kg (7,385 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs liquid cooled V12 engine, 640 kW (860 hp) (take-off power)
• Propellers: 3-bladed bladed constant speed

Performance

• Maximum speed: 501 km/h (311 mph, 270 kn) at 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
• Range: 1,576 km (979 mi, 851 nmi) at 4,000 m (13,120 ft) (reconnaissance mission)
• Endurance: 4 hr 30 s
• Service ceiling: 9,500 m (31,170 ft)
• Time to altitude:
  
  • 2,000 m (6,650 ft) in 3 min 30 sec
  • 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 15 min 20 s

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 1× 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 firing through propeller hub and two 7.62 mm FN Browning machine guns in wing
  • 1× FN Browning machine gun in rear cockpit
• Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) under wings and fuselage

References

• Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London:Macdonald, 1967.

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