Caproni Ca.350

Caproni Ca.350
Role	Fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Caproni
Designer	Cesare Pallavicino

The Caproni Ca.350 was an Italian single-engined project of two-seat fighter-bomber/reconnaissance aircraft of the 1930s. Designed by Cesare Pallavicino to meet a requirement of the Regia Aeronautica, it was an innovative and fast design to have been powered by an Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42, but no aircraft were built.

Specifications

Data from Museo Caproni documentation (Trento - Italia)

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 13.28 m (43 ft 7 in)
Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 23.8 m² (256 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
Gross weight: 3,240 kg (7,143 lb) (reconnaissance mission)
Powerplant: 1 × Isotta-Fraschini Zeta R.C.42 air-cooled X-24 piston engine, 930 kW (1,250 hp) (take-off power)
Propellers: 3-bladed bladed constant speed

Performance

Maximum speed: 647 km/h; 349 kn (402 mph) at 4,200 m (13,780 ft)
Range: 1,448 km; 782 nmi (900 mi) at 4,000 m (13,120 ft) (reconnaissance mission)
Endurance: 4 hr 30 s
Service ceiling: 9,501 m (31,170 ft)

Armament

Guns:

1x 20 mm (0.787 in) cannon firing through propeller hub
2x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine-guns in the wings
1x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine gun in rear cockpit
Bombs: 200 kg (440 lb) under wings and fuselage

References

Green, William (1967). War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London: Macdonald.

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Aircraft produced by Aeronautica Caproni

Establishments Taliedo	Ca.1 (1910) Ca.1 (1914) Ca.2 Ca.3 Ca.4 Ca.5 Ca.6 Ca.7 Ca.8 Ca.9 Ca.10 Ca.11 Ca.12 Ca.13 Ca.14 Ca.15 Ca.16 Ca.18 Ca.19 Ca.20 Ca.24 Ca.25 Ca.30 Ca.31 Ca.32 Ca.33 Ca.34 Ca.35 Ca.36 Ca.37 Ca.39 Ca.40 Ca.41 Ca.42 Ca.43 Ca.44 Ca.45 Ca.46 Ca.47 Ca.48 Ca.49 Ca.50 Ca.51 Ca.52 Ca.53 Ca.56 Ca.57 Ca.58 Ca.59 Ca.60 Ca.61 Ca.64 Ca.66 Ca.67 Ca.70 Ca.71 Ca.73 Ca.74 Ca.79 Ca.80 Ca.82 Ca.87 Ca.88 Ca.89 Ca.90 Ca.95 Ca.97 Ca.100 Ca.101 Ca.102 Ca.103 Ca.105 Ca.111 Ca.113 Ca.114 Ca.120 Ca.122 Ca.123 Ca.124 Ca.125 Ca.127 Ca.132 Ca.133 Ca.134 Ca.135 Ca.142 Ca.148 Ca.150 Ca.161 Ca.162 Ca.163 Ca.164 Ca.165 Ca.183bis Ca.193

Cantieri Aeronautici Bergamaschi (CAB)	PL.3 PS.1 A.P.1 Ca.135 Ca.301 Ca.305 Ca.306 Ca.307 Ca.308 Ca.308 Borea Ca.309 Ca.310 Ca.311 Ca.312 Ca.313 Ca.314 Ca.316 Ca.325 Ca.331 Ca.335 Ca.355 Ca.380

Caproni Reggiane	Ca.400 Ca.401 Ca.405

Caproni Vizzola	MF 2 F.4 F.5 F.6 F.7 A-10 A-12 A-14 A-15 A-20 A-21 C22 Ventura

Caproni Trento	Trento F-5

Other nominations	Sauro-1 Stipa CH.1 Campini N.1

See also: Giovanni Battista Caproni Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics Agusta

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Caproni Ca.350

Specifications

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