| Caproni Ca 91 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Flying boat |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| Status | project only |
| Developed from | Caproni Ca.90 |
The Caproni Ca.91 was a proposed Italian flying boat designed by Caproni.
Design and development
[edit]Like the Caproni Ca.90, the Ca.91 had three tandem pairs of 1,000 hp (746 kW) Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 W-18 inline piston engines, but all three pairs were mounted on the lower wing.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 7
- Length: 31.30 m (102 ft 8 in)
- Upper wingspan: 34.90 m (114 ft 6 in)
- Lower wingspan: 46.60 m (152 ft 11 in)
- Height: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 13,000 kg (28,660 lb)
- Gross weight: 17,000 kg (37,479 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 30,000 kg (66,139 lb)
- Powerplant: 6 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 1000 W-18 water-cooled inline piston engines, 750 kW (1,000 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Endurance: 7 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
References
[edit]- ^ Gianni Caproni, Biplano Ca 90, in Gli Aeroplani Caproni - Projects Studies Realizations from 1908 to 1935, Milan, Edizioni d'arte Emilio Bestetti, 1937, pp. 229-45, ISBN not existing.
- ^ AA.VV., Caproni Ca.90, in Grande Enciclopedia Aeronautica, Milan, Edizioni Aeronautica L. Mancini, 1936, p. 154, ISBN not existing.
