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Savoia Marchetti S.57

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Top speed
  
215 km/h

Manufacturer
  
SIAI-Marchetti

Wingspan
  
11 m

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The Savoia-Marchetti S.57 was an Italian single-engine biplane flying boat intended for aerial reconnaissance, built by Savoia-Marchetti for Regia Aeronautica after World War I.

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Of wooden construction with a single-step hull, with pilot and observer/gunner in tandem open cockpits in the bow, the S.57 was powered by a single 186 kW (249 hp) Isotta-Fraschini V.6. The observer had a single ring-mounted 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun.

Eighteen S.57s were accepted by Regia Aeronautica in 1925 and used as trainers.

A sole S.57bis (improved) was built, with a 224 kW (300 hp) Hispano-Suiza Type 42 engine.

Operators

 Kingdom of Italy
  • Regia Aeronautica

    • Specifications

    Data from The complete encyclopedia of world aircraft

    General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Wingspan: 11.25 m (36 ft 11 in)
  • Gross weight: 1,605 kg (3,538 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini V.6 6-cyl. water-cooled, in-line piston engine, 186 kW (249 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph; 116 kn)

    • Armament

  • Guns: 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun mounted on a Scarff ring for the observer

    • References

    Savoia-Marchetti S.57 Wikipedia
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