Ro.58 ( Italian: IMAM Ro.58 ) - Italian heavy twin-engine fighter . Created by Meridionali ( Italian SAIndustrie Mechaniche e Auranavtice Meredionale ) based on a single-seat fighter and dive bomber IMAM Ro.57 by a team of designers Giovanni Galasso, Pietro Calerio and Manlio Fiore. One copy of the aircraft was made, which was tested in 1943.
| Ro.58 | |
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| Type of | heavy fighter |
| Developer | IMAM ( Italian: SAIndustrie Mechaniche e Auranavtice Meredionale ) |
| Manufacturer | Imam |
| Chief Designer | Giovanni Galasso |
| First flight | March 1942 |
| Status | withdrawn from service |
| Operators |  Regia aeronautica |
| Years of production | 1942 year |
| Units produced | one |
| Base model | IMAM Ro.57 |
Specifications
- Crew : 2 people
- Length : 9.89 m
- Wing span: 13.40 m
- Height : 3.39 m
- Wing Area: 26.20 mΒ²
- Wing profile:
- Empty weight: 4,350 kg
- Curb weight:
- Normal take-off weight: 6,100 kg
- Maximum take-off weight:
- Engine 2 PD Daimler-Benz DB 601A-1
- Power : 2x 1175 HP
Flight performance
- Maximum speed : 605 km / h
- by the ground:
- at a height of m:
- Cruising speed : 560 km / h
- Practical range: 1,500 km
- Practical ceiling : 10,500 m
- Rate of climb : 1,000 m / min
- Wing load: kg / mΒ²
- Thrust ratio : W / kg
- Maximum operational overload :
Armament
- Gun-machine gun:
- 5 Γ 20 mm Mauser 151/20 cannons
- 1 Γ 12.7 mm machine gun Breda-SAFAT
- Bomb load: [1]
Notes
- β Sky corner: Ro.58 .
Literature
- Kharuk A.I. "Falcons" Mussolini. Italian fighters of the Second World War. - M .: Yauza, EKSMO, 2012 .-- 128 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-699-55292-4 .
- IMAM Ro.58 (Russian) // Aviation and astronautics . - M. , 1998. - No. 3 . - S. 37 .
Links
- Ro.58 . Corner of the sky: aviation encyclopedia. Date of treatment February 19, 2016.