Caproni approx 100
| Caproni approx 100 | |
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| Type: | Trainer aircraft |
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1929 |
| Commissioning: |
1929 |
| Number of pieces: |
681+ |
The Caproni Ca 100 was an Italian trainer aircraft .
History and Development
The Caproni Ca.100 was a one and a half decker and was constructed in 1929. It was based on the De Havilland DH60 (Moth), but had a number of small changes, in particular an enlarged lower wing and vertical tail surfaces . The ca.100 was produced in larger numbers from 1929 for both the military and the civilian market.
In the course of its career, the ca.100 received many different engines with different performances such as B .:
- Blackburn Cirrus Minor with 90 PS (63 kW)
- Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 R with 115 PS (86 kW)
- Colombo S.63 with 145 PS (108 kW)
- Fiat A.50 with 85 PS (63 kW)
From 1934 a light training aircraft for bombing was created, which could carry four small bombs and was equipped with a 130 HP (97 kW) engine.
From Macchi 30 pieces in the variant were Ca.100 Idro manufactured as seaplanes with two floats. One of these aircraft set an altitude record for seaplanes in 1931 with a height of 5,018 m. Further licensed machines were manufactured in Peru from 1935. The Caproni company had a branch in Bulgaria, the approximately 100 built there had the designation KN-1.
Military users
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| length | 7.30 m |
| span | 10.00 m below, 8.35 m above |
| height | 2.75 m |
| Wing area | 24.4 m² |
| Empty mass | 400 kg |
| maximum take-off mass | 680 kg |
| drive | 1 × 4-cylinder in- line engine de Havilland Gipsy |
| power | 85 hp (63 kW) |
| Top speed | 165 km / h |
| Cruising speed | 140 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4000 m |
| Climbing time to 6000 m | 5.26 min |
| Range | 700 km |
| crew | 1 + 1 |
Received aircraft
One aircraft is in the Italian Aviation Museum Vigna di Valle , another in the Aviation Museum Gianni Caproni in Trento .
literature
- Aero. Marshall Cavendish International Ltd., London 1984, issue 47.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Aeronautica Militare: Museo Storico di Vigna di Valle. In: Caproni ca.100. Ministero della Difesa, accessed January 2, 2011 (Italian).
- ↑ Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni: Caproni Ca. 100 hydro. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .