Breda CC.20
| Breda CC.20 | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Heavy bomber |
| Manufacturer | Breda |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | Italy |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1929 |
The Breda CC.20 was an Italian heavy bomber prototype of 1929 designed and built by the Breda company.
Design and development
[edit]Ing Gaetano Crocco and Ing Giulio Cesare Costanzi designed the CC.20[1] -- "CC" for the surnames of the two engineers—which was Breda's first monoplane bomber. The seven-seat trimotor mid-wing monoplane CC.20 was powered by three 373 kW (500 hp) Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 engines and had a powerful defensive armament of one 25 mm (0.984 in) cannon and seven 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns.
The CC.20 prototype first flew in 1929[1] and test flights showed it to be very slow with a short range; Breda abandoned the project.
Operators
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Specifications
[edit]General characteristics
- Crew: 7
- Wingspan: 42[1] m (137 ft 10 in)
- Empty weight: 7,700 kg (16,976 lb)
- Gross weight: 12,000 kg (26,455 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 373 kW (500 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)
Armament
- 1 x 25-millimeter cannon
- 7 x 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) machine guns
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ferrari, Paolo (2004). L'aeronautica italiana: una storia del Novecento (in Italian). FrancoAngeli. p. 108. ISBN 978-88-464-5109-5.
