Partenavia Aeroscooter

P.53 Aeroscooter
Role	Experimental hybrid monoplane
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Partenavia
Designer	Mario de Bernardi
First flight	2 April 1951
Status	On display
Number built	1
Variants	de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter

The Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter was a 1950s Italian single-seat light aircraft fitted with a two-bladed rotor. It was designed by Mario de Bernardi and built by Partenavia.^[1]

Design and development

The Aeroscooter was low-wing monoplane powered by a 22 hp (16 kW) Ambrosini P-25 piston engine in the nose.^[1] It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear.^[1] Above the enclosed single-seat cockpit a pylon was to have been fitted with an autorotating, unpowered two-bladed rotor which was to reduce the stalling speed and the rate-of-descent if the engine failed.^[1]

Only one Aeroscooter was built and it first flew on 2 April 1951 without the rotor fitted.^[1] The Aeroscooter survives and is on display at the Museo Storico Dell Aeronautico Militare Italiana. A two seat derivative was produced by Mario de Baernardi as the de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter.

Variants

De Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter - The two seat follow on aircraft designed by De Bernardi.^[2]

Specifications (Ambrosini engine, no rotor)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957-58^[3]

General characteristics

Capacity: 1
Length: 5.12 m (16 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 8.28 m (27 ft 2 in)
Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 8.3 m² (89 sq ft)
Airfoil: NACA 63-series
Empty weight: 180 kg (397 lb)
Gross weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Ambrosini P-25 , 16 kW (22 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph; 81 kn) at sea level
Cruising speed: 120 km/h (75 mph; 65 kn)
Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph; 32 kn)
Range: 500 km (311 mi; 270 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
Wing loading: 33.7 kg/m² (6.9 lb/sq ft)

References

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Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Orbis 1985, p. 2680
↑ Sport Aviation. June 1960. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Jane's 1957

Bibliography

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Bridgman, Leonard (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1957-58. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. pp. 189–90.

Aircraft produced by Partenavia and Vulcanair

Designations	AP.68TP-300 AP.68TP-600 P.48 P.52 P.53 P.55 P.57 P.59 P.64 P.68 P.70 P.86 SF.600 V1.0

Names	Aeroscooter Alpha Astore Canguro Charlie Delta Fachiro Jolly Mosquito Oscar Spartacus Tigrotto Tornado Victor Viator

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