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Wingspan
  
27 m

First flight
  
1931

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Manufacturer
  
Società Italiana Ernesto Breda

The Breda Ba.32 was an Italian airliner prototype designed and built by the Breda company.

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Design and development

The Breda Ba.32 was a low-wing trimotor monoplane with fixed, spatted main landing gear. It was powered by three Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It had a crew of two, and its cabin could accommodate up to 10 passengers.

The Ba.32 prototype first flew in 1931, but despite displaying good flight characteristics, no production orders ensued and no further examples were built.

Operators

 Kingdom of Italy

Specifications (Ba.32)

Data from Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 8-11
  • Length: 16.749 m (54 ft 11.4 in)
  • Wingspan: 26.67 m (87 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 4.153 m (13 ft 7.5 in)
  • Wing area: 84.97 m2 (914.6 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 3,792 kg (8,360 lb)
  • Gross weight: 6,441 kg (14,200 lb)
  • Powerplant: 3 × Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 240 kW (320 hp) each

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 237 km/h; 128 kn (147 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 211 km/h; 114 kn (131 mph)
  • Stall speed: 93 km/h; 50 kn (58 mph)
  • Range: 1,352 km; 730 nmi (840 mi)
  • Endurance: 8hrs
  • Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 1.6 m/s (310 ft/min)
  • Time to altitude: 16,400 in 52 minutes

    • References

    Breda Ba.32 Wikipedia
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