Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano - experimental flying boat - airliner . The main purpose of the prototype is to test solutions before building the 150-seat trans-Atlantic liner. The plane had an unusual aerodynamic design: nine wings were arranged in tandem in three packages in a triple pattern. In other words, it was a triple triplane. The wings were borrowed from the triplane bombers left after the First World War . The Ca.60 was equipped with eight Liberty L-12 engines with a total capacity of 3,000 liters. with. A pair of outrigger floats was installed on the sides of the fuselage . The machine made the only test flight on March 4, 1921. Almost immediately after takeoff, at an altitude of 18 meters, the plane crashed and crashed into the water. The pilot and flight engineers were not injured. The plane was later restored, but some time later it burned down under mysterious circumstances.
| Ca.60 Noviplano | |
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| Type of | Experimental airliner |
| Manufacturer | Caproni |
| Chief Designer | |
| First flight | March 4, 1921 |
| End of operation | March 4, 1921 |
| Status | Destroyed in the first flight. |
| Units produced | one |
Features
- Crew : 8 people.
- Passenger capacity : 100 people.
- Length : 23.45 m
- Height : 9.15 m
- Wingspan : 30 m
- Wing area : 836 m²
- Curb weight : 26,000 kg
- Engines : Liquid-cooled 8 × Liberty L-12 (400 hp - 298 kW )
- Cruising speed : 130 km / h
- Range : 660 km
- Thrust- weight ratio : 11 W / kg.
Literature
Angelucci, Enzo. World Encyclopedia of Civil Aircraft: [ eng. ] . - New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1982. - ISBN 0-517-54724-4 .
Links
- (English) Newsreel of the construction and the first flight.
- (English) Photos, description.