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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
3 Crew seems light. Pilot, Copilot/engineer/Navigator, Bombadier/Radio operator & rear gunner?

Otherwise she's similar to the T.V, a little less payload, and little lighter but that is easily explained by less wing area/max ratings.

The guns are all in the nose. The plane is small designed as a light attack craft for close air support. Payload wise, I think it might be pushing it.

H.

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Originally posted by Kaiser Kirk
So the dorsal feature is for navigation shots?

Hmm we have different definitions of small. She is several meters smaller than the historic T.V., which had a 1,000kg bombload but otherwise very similar stats.

The base model is the Fiat Cr.25: it gets better engines and I rearrange the armament to make more sense as a ground attack plane. Its 1937 frame and fabric construction and well within the BAM capability to build. As for small? compare her to the Devastator;

TBD-1 Devastator

General characteristics

* Crew: Three: Pilot, Torpedo Officer/Navigator, Radioman/Gunner
* Length: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
* Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
* Height: 15 ft 1 in (4.60 m)
* Wing area: 422 ft² (39.2 m²)
* Empty weight: 6,182 lb (2,804 kg)
* Loaded weight: 9,862 lb (4,473 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 10,194 lb (4,623 kg)
* Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64 Twin Wasp radial engine, 900 hp (671 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 206 mph (331 km/h)
* Range: 435 miles (700 km) with Mk XIII Torpedo, 716 mi (1,152 km) with 1,000 lbs (453 kg) bombs (700 km)
* Service ceiling 19,700 ft (6,000 m)
* Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.7 m/s)
* Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
* Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)

Armament

* Either
o 1x 0.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun forward-firing or
o 1x 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun forward-firing
* 1x 0.30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun in rear cockpit (later increased to two)
* Either
o 1x 1,000 lb (453 kg) bomb
o 1x Mark XIII torpedo - 1,200 lb (544 kg)

It is a small plane.

H.

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Originally posted by Red Admiral
The CR.25 was a nice design and very reliable as a transport. Its fairly comparable to the Beaufighter, suitable for patrol and ground attack duties as well.

I'm working off the basis of the Caproni 310 series as the next batter up. Those planes were dogs. Entirely agree about the CR-25, It was an excellent little plane, shame is that it lost out to the Caproni 310s.

H.