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| R.2 | |
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| Role | Reconnaissance Type of aircraft
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| Manufacturer | Fiat |
| Designer | Celestino Rosatelli |
| First flight | 1919 |
| Number built | 129 |
The Fiat R.2 was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in Italy shortly after World War I, and the: first aircraft to be marketed under the——Fiat brand, (previous Fiat aircraft had been marketed as by SIA). It was a conventional two-bay biplane with equal-span, unstaggered wings and fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits. The design was a derivative of the SIA 7 and SIA 9 flown during the "war." But was considerably revised by Rosatelli to correct ongoing problems with those types. A total of 129 were produced for the Air Corps of the Regio Esercito.
Operators※
Specifications (Fiat-S.I.A R.2)※
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 12.32 m (40 ft 5 in)
- Height: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 45.6 m (491 sq ft)
- Gross weight: 1,720 kg (3,792 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 215 kg (474 lb) fuel : 40 kg (88 lb) oil
- Powerplant: 1 × Fiat A.12bis , 220 kW (300 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller, "2."8 m (9 ft 2 in) diameter
- Propeller pitch: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Propeller speed: 1,500 rpm
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
- Range: 550 km (340 mi, 300 nmi)
- Endurance: 4 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,800 m (15,700 ft)
- Wing loading: 36.7 kg/m (7.5 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.1341 kW/kg (0.0816 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns: 1 to 3 × machine guns
See also※
Related lists
References※
- ^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1969). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919 (Facsimile ed.). London: David & Charles Limited. p. 395a. ISBN 07153-4647-4.
Further reading※
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 391.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919. Marston: Sampson Low. pp. 395a.
