Caproni Ca.18
Ca.18 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Caproni |
Designer | Gianni Caproni |
First flight | 1913 |
Introduction | 1915 |
The Caproni Ca.18 was a military reconnaissance aircraft built in Italy shortly prior to World War I. It became the first Italian-designed and -built aircraft to see service with the Italian armed forces. The Ca.18 was a monoplane of conventional configuration and fixed tailskid undercarriage. The wings were mounted to the fuselage with a bayonet fitting, to facilitate the rapid erection and dismantling of the aircraft.
Originally designed for a government competition in early 1913, no production order for the aircraft was forthcoming until the nationalisation of the Caproni company later in the year, whereupon a small batch was built for the 15th Squadron.
Operators
- Kingdom of Italy
- Corpo Aeronautico Militare
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2, pilot and observer
- Length: 7.67 m (25 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 10.92 m (35 ft 10 in)
- Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 22 m2 (237 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 400 kg (880 lb)
- Gross weight: 600 kg (1,320 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome rotary , 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
- Endurance: 5 hours
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 231.
- Jane, Fred T. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913. London: Sampson Low Marston. p. 174.
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Company WW1 HP designations |
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Numerical designation sequence2, 3 |
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Names | |
WW1 Military designations |
Bergamaschi (CAB)
- PL.3
- PS.1
- AP.1
- Ca.135
- Ca.301
- Ca.302
- Ca.303
- Ca.304
- Ca.305
- Ca.306
- Ca.307
- Ca.308
- Ca.308 Borea
- Ca.309
- Ca.310
- Ca.311
- Ca.312
- Ca.313
- Ca.314
- Ca.315
- Ca.316
- Ca.3171
- Ca.318
- Ca.3191
- Ca.320
- Ca.321-3241
- Ca.325
- Ca.326-3291
- Ca.330
- Ca.331
- Ca.332
- Ca.333
- Ca.3341
- Ca.335
- Ca.336-3391
- Ca.340
- Ca.341-3441
- Ca.345
- Ca.346-3491
- Ca.350
- Ca.3511
- Ca.352
- Ca.353-3541
- Ca.355
- Ca.356
- Ca.357
- Ca.358
- Ca.3591
- Ca.360
- Ca.361-3641
- Ca.365
- Ca.366-3691
- Ca.370
- Ca.371-3741
- Ca.375
- Ca.376-3791
- Ca.380
- Ca.381
- Ca.702
1 No details on project, or designation skipped 2Sequence retroactively applied to pre-1918 designs 3200 series reserved for multi-engine types