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Saturday, March 20th 2004, 1:34pm

New Italian aircraft




Using planebuilder. Armament is 2 0.3" machine guns and a 50lb bombload.

Aircraft Type or Name:

AII F1

General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1

Year of First Flight: 1922

Description

Carrier or Rough Field
Biplane
Conventional Fuselage

Small Fighter aircraft



Characteristics:

Weight (maximum) 3,000 lbs
Weight (empty) 2,512 lbs

Length 22 ft
Wingspan 25 ft
Wing Area 190 sq ft
Sweep 5 degrees

Engines 1
Piaggio V.I
Piston

240 hp



Crew 1


Typical cost $0.010 million in 1923
Total number procured 50


Performance:

Top Speed 118 kts = 136 mph
at 10,000 ft
Mach N/A

Operational Ceiling 16,250 ft

Range 240 nm = 276 miles
with 54 lbs payload
56 lbs released at halfway point

Climb 721 fpm

Cruise 90 kts = 104 mph
at 500 ft

Corner Speed 118 KIAS =
119 kts at 500 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 28.5 deg/sec
Radius 806 ft