Nardi FN.305

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Nardi FN.305
A Nardi FN.305A in flight
Type: Trainer aircraft , liaison aircraft
Design country:

Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy

Manufacturer:

Fratelli Nardi

First flight:

February 19, 1935

Commissioning:

1937

Number of pieces:

over 500

The Nardi FN.305 was a trainer aircraft made by the Italian manufacturer Fratelli Nardi in the 1930s.

history

The origins of the Nardi FN.305, designed by the brothers Luigi and Euste Nardi, go back to 1933. The aircraft was shown two years later at the first international air show in Milan . While the prototype is a 7- cylinder - radial engine Fiat A.70 was installed, the standard design used (since 1937 built) the new 6-cylinder in-line engine Alfa Romeo 115 . Since Fratelli Nardi, as a craft business, could not manufacture the aircraft himself, they were built by Piaggio .

construction

The FN.305 was a cantilever low-wing aircraft in composite construction ; the prototype was a tandem two-seater with a closed cockpit . The tail was in conventional form with the elevator under the rudder executed. The FN.305 was one of the first Italian aircraft with retractable landing gear ; it was drawn into the wing. A grinding spur was attached under the tail unit.

The Alfa Romeo 115 was an air-cooled, hanging 6-cylinder in-line engine from Alfa Romeo , which was a license production of the de Havilland Gipsy Six .

use

The Italian Regia Aeronautica bought 258 Nardi FN.305: almost all of them were two-seat FN.305A, used as a school or liaison aircraft.

In addition, nine aircraft were sold to Chile and 31 to Romania in 1938 . In Romania, 124 copies were later built under license at the Întreprinderea Aeronautică Română (IAR). The largest order (300 aircraft) was for France , but by the time war was declared on June 10, 1940, only 41 had been delivered. The last foreign customer was Hungary , who ordered 50 copies.

After September 8, 1943, the Luftwaffe confiscated 26 Nardi FN.305s for liaison duties.

Versions

FN.305
prototype
FN.305A
Main version with two-seat cockpit
FN.305B
Version with a single seat, open cockpit
FN.305C
Version with single-seat, closed cockpit
FN.305D
Version with extended range, Walter Bora radial engine with 149  kW  (202 hp ); built two pieces, a single seater and a two-seater.

Technical specifications

Parameter FN.305A
crew 2
length 6.98 m
span 8.47 m
height 2.10 m
Wing area 12.00 m²
Empty mass 794 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 984 kg
Top speed 301 km / h
Service ceiling 6000 m
Range 1100 km
Engines an air-cooled 6-cylinder in-line engine
Alfa Romeo 115 , 185 hp (138 kW)

User countries

literature

  • Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi: Guida agli aeroplani di tutto il mondo (5th volume) . 1st edition. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 1978, p. 215 .
  • Giorgio Apostolo: Guida agli aeroplani d'Italia dalle origini ad oggi . 1st edition. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan 1981, p. 161-163 .
  • Achille Boroli, Adolfo Boroli: Enciclopedia "L'Aviazione" . tape 10 . Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1988, p. 253-254 .
  • Jonathan W. Thompson: Italian civil and military aircraft 1930-1945 . Aero Publishers Inc., Fallbrook, CA 1963, ISBN 978-0-8168-6500-0 , pp. 214-216 .

Web links

Commons : Nardi FN.305  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gregori Alegi: The last Nardi - Veteran & Vintage . In: AIR International March 1990, p. 143
  2. ↑ a b c Apostolo: Guida agli aeroplani d'Italia dalle origini ad oggi. 1981, p. 161.
  3. ↑ Thompson: Italian civil and military aircraft 1930-1945. 1963, p. 214.
  4. ↑ Boroli, Boroli: Enciclopedia "L'Aviazione". 1988, p. 253.
  5. ↑ a b Boroli, Boroli: Enciclopedia "L'Aviazione". 1988, p. 254.
  6. ↑ Apostolo: Guida agli aeroplani d'Italia dalle origini ad oggi. 1981, p. 162.