Ro.43 ( Italian: IMAM Ro.43 ) - Italian seaplane , ejection scout. Created in the design bureau of the company “Societe of anonymous industry meccaniche aeronautics Meridionali” (Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche Meridionali - IMAM) based on the design of the ground reconnaissance IMAM Ro.37bis designed by J. Galasso ( Italian: Giovanni Galasso ). The first flight was made on November 19, 1934 , and in December 1936, serial deliveries of the aircraft began. Ro.43 took part in the Second World War , with a significant part of the vehicles based on the ships of the Italian fleet. A total of 193 seaplanes were collected. [one]
| Ro. 43 | |
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| Type of | catapult scout |
| Developer | Imam |
| Manufacturer | Imam |
| Chief Designer | Based on the design of the aircraft Giovanni Galasso |
| First flight | November 19, 1934 |
| Start of operation | 1936 year |
| Status | decommissioned |
| Operators |  Regia aeronautica |
| Units produced | 193 |
| Base model | IMAM Ro.37 |
| Options | IMAM Ro.44 |
Content
Specifications
- Crew : 1-2 people
- Length : 9.72 m
- Wing span: 11.58 m
- Height : 3.5 m
- Wing area: 22.5 m²
- Wing profile:
- Empty weight: 1,440 kg
- Curb weight:
- Normal take-off weight: 1,880 kg
- Maximum take-off weight:
- Engine Piaggio P.XR
- Power : 1x 700 HP
Flight performance
- Maximum speed : 300 km / h
- by the ground:
- at a height of m:
- Cruising speed : 245 km / h
- Practical range: 1,500 km
- Practical ceiling : 6,600 m
- Rate of climb : m / s
- Wing load: kg / m²
- Thrust ratio : W / kg
- Maximum operational overload :
Armament
- 2 × 7.62 mm machine gun [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Corner of the sky: Ro.43 .
Literature
Andrey Haruk. All seaplanes of the Second World War. Illustrated color encyclopedia (Russian) . - M.
Links
- Ro.43 . Corner of the sky: aviation encyclopedia. Date of treatment March 26, 2016.