Caproni Ca.131
1930s Italian prototype aircraft
Ca.131 | |
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Role | Multirole transport Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Caproni |
First flight | 1934 |
Status | Prototype only |
The Caproni Ca.131 was a prototype for a large aircraft built in Italy in 1934, intended for use as either a bomber or airliner. It was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane, powered by a radial engine on each wing and in the nose. The main undercarriage was housed within large streamlined spats. Configured as an airliner, it would have seated 17 passengers.
Operators
Kingdom of Italy
- Regia Aeronautica for evaluation only.
Specifications
Data from Aeroplani Caproni,[1] Airwar:Caproni Ca 131[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 17 pax
- Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 27.9 m (91 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 94.62 m2 (1,018.5 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
- Gross weight: 8,500 kg (18,739 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Alfa Romeo Jupiter IV 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 310 kW (420 hp) each
- Powerplant: 1 × Piaggio Stella P.IX 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 380 kW (510 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed metal propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
- Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
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Taliedo
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