Fiat CR.20

Fiat CR.20
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	Italy
Manufacturer:	Fiat
First flight:	June 19, 1926

The Fiat CR.20 was an Italian biplane - fighter aircraft of the 1920s and early 1930s. It has also been exported to various countries in Europe and overseas.

history

The first flight of the fighter designed by engineer Celestino Rosatelli took place on June 19, 1926. The machine was an important development stage from the Fiat CR.1 to the Fiat CR.32 and was powered by a water -cooled Fiat A.20 V-engine .

The aircraft was also sold to Austria , Hungary , Lithuania , Poland and Spain .

commitment

Italy used the machines offensively at the beginning of the Abyssinian War , and in the late 1930s they were only used for training and aerobatic purposes. Five or six copies sold to Paraguay were used in the Chaco War.

variants

The CR.20bis manufactured from 1930 onwards differed from the standard variant only in a modified chassis. Important variants were the seaplane CR.20 Idro and the CR.20 Asso with a 450 hp engine from Isotta Fraschini .

Military users

Italy : Regia Aeronautica

Lithuania

Austria : Federal Army (1927–1938)

Paraguay

Poland

Spain

Hungary

Technical data of the standard variant

Three-sided tear

Parameter	Data
crew	1
length	9.80 m
span	7.71 m
height	2.79 m
Wing area	25.50 m²
Empty mass	970 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	1390 kg
Cruising speed	240 km / h
Top speed	270 km / h
Service ceiling	7900 m
Range	750 km
Engines	1 × Fiat A.20 with 331 kW (450 PS)

literature

Enzo Angelucci: The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914–1980. The Military Press, San Diego 1983, ISBN 0-517-41021-4 .
William Green, Gordon Swanborough: The Complete Book of Fighters. Smithmark, New York 1994, ISBN 0-8317-3939-8 .
Gerd von Rauch: The Green Hell Air War. In: Air Enthusiast Quarterly 2 , Pilot Press, Bromley 1976, pp. 207-213.
Michael JH Taylor: Warplanes of the World 1918-1939. Ian Allen, London 1981, ISBN 0-7110-1078-1 .

Web links

Commons : Fiat CR.20 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Side view - line drawing
old photo of Fiat CR.20 ( memento from February 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive )