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Adamoli Cattani fighter

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Top speed
  
186 km/h

Length
  
6.1 m

Wingspan
  
8.6 m

First flight
  
1918

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The Adamoli-Cattani fighter was a prototype fighter aircraft designed as a private venture by two Italian aircraft builders in 1918.

Contents

Design and development

The Adamoli-Cattani was intended to be the smallest practical biplane around the most powerful engine available to them, a 149 kW (200 hp) le Rhône M. The result was a reasonably conventional design, other than that the wings featured hinged leading edges in place of conventional ailerons. The Farina Coach Building factory in Turin began construction of the prototype; the Officine Moncenisio in Condove completed it.

Operational history

Upon completion, ground testing revealed that the engine as installed could only deliver some 80% of its rated power, thus leaving the aircraft significantly underpowered. Limited tests continued until the end of World War I, when the Armistice made further development superfluous.

Specifications (estimated performance with 200hp engine)

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
  • Empty weight: 470 kg (1,036 lb)
  • Gross weight: 675 kg (1,488 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × le Rhône M 9-cyl. air-cooled rotary piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp) (rating) - actual power 119 kW (160 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 186 km/h (116 mph; 100 kn)
  • Endurance: 2.25

    • Armament

  • Guns: 2 x .303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns

    • References

    Adamoli-Cattani fighter Wikipedia
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