Caproni Ca.72
| Caproni Ca.72 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Night bomber aircraft |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| First flight | 1924 |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Caproni Ca.66 |
The Caproni Ca.72 was an Italian night bomber designed to reequip the post-World War I Italian Air Force.
Design and development
The Ca.72 was, overall, similar to the Caproni Ca.66 and Caproni Ca.67 in overall design . However, the Ca.72 differed from the Ca.67 in the addition of an SPA 6A engine, mounted as a pusher on the upper mainplane centre-line. Despite these changes, flight tests offered only a 5 km/h (3.1 mph; 2.7 kn) increase in speed over the Ca.66. The Regia Aeronautica did not order the aircraft into production and the Ca.72 was abandoned in favor of the Caproni Ca.73.[1]
Specifications
Data from ,[2] Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: Four, pilot, co-pilot plus two gunners
- Length: 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
- Upper wingspan: 17 m (55 ft 9 in)
- Lower wingspan: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
- Height: 5.60 m (18 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 143 m2 (1,540 sq ft) excluding ailerons
- Empty weight: 3,670 kg (8,091 lb)
- Gross weight: 5,670 kg (12,500 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Lorraine Dietrich 12Db 6-cylinder water-cooled inline, 300 kW (400 hp) each
- Powerplant: 1 × SPA 6A 6-cylinder water-cooled inline, 150 kW (200 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) at ground level
- Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
- Endurance: 4 hr
- Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
Armament
- Guns: 4 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns
- Bombs: 10×100 kg (220 lb).
References
- ^ a b Caproni, Gianni (1937). Aeroplani Caproni dal 1908 al 1935 (in Italian). Milan: Edizioni d'arte Emilio Bestetti. pp. 168–174, 181.
- ^ "Caproni Ca.72". Airwar.ru. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
