Breda A.1
| Breda A.1 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Sports plane |
| Manufacturer | Breda |
| History | |
| First flight | 1924 |
The Breda A.1 was a touring aircraft developed in Italy in 1924.
Design
[edit]The Breda A.1 was a conventional two-seat, single engine biplane with a fixed bogie. The Colombo 110 engine was positioned at the front apex of the fuselage combined with a two-blade wooden propeller with fixed pitch.[1]
The A.1 was intended for the civil aviation tourism market, and several aircraft of this type were constructed.
Specifications
[edit]Data from Airwar:Breda A.1[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 43.0 m2 (463 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 860 kg (1,896 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Colombo E.150 6-cylinder water-cooled inline piston engine, 100 kW (140 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 138 km/h (86 mph, 75 kn)
- Cruise speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
References
[edit]- ↑ Jotti, da Badia Polesine (1929). Annuario dell'aeronautica Italiana 1929-30. Milan: Libreria Aeronautica.
- ↑ "Breda A.1". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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