Caproni Ca.1 (1914) - Citizendia

This article is about the World War I bomber. For the pioneering biplane of the same designation, see Caproni Ca.1 (1910). This page is about the pioneering biplane of 1910 For the World War I bomber see Caproni Ca

The Caproni Ca. Caproni was an Italian Aircraft manufacturer started in 1908 by Gianni Caproni. 1 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A bomber is a Military aircraft designed to attack ground and sea targets primarily by dropping Bombs on them World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

1 Development
2 Service history
3 Description
4 Operators
5 Specifications (Ca.32)
6 References
7 See also

Development

Italy and Russia were among the first countries to start developing a heavy bomber air force before the World War I. A heavy bomber is a Bomber aircraft of the largest size and typically longest ranges Heavy bombers could carry more payload than standard single-engine aircraft of the period. The first heavy bomber, designed by Gianni Caproni in his Caproni works, was a twin-boom biplane, featuring a layout that included three 67 kW (90 hp) Gnôme rotary engines housed one behind the other in a central nacelle, the rearmost driving a pusher propeller, and the other two driving tractor propellers mounted on the fronts of the two booms. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer Gnome et Rhône was a major French Aircraft engine manufacturer The rotary engine was an early type of internal combustion Aircraft engine in which the Crankshaft remains stationary and the entire Cylinder An Aircraft constructed with a pusher configuration has the engine mounted forward of the Propeller - which faces in a rearwards direction - giving an appearance An Aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has the engine mounted with the Propeller facing forwards such that the aircraft is "pulled" Referred to internally by Caproni as the Caproni 260 hp (and retrospectively, after the war, as the Ca. 30), this design flew in a slightly modified form (later dubbed the Ca. 31) in October 1914. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1914 Events January January 1 - The St

Test flights revealed power to be insufficient and the engine layout unworkable, and Caproni soon adopted a more conventional approach. The pusher engine was retained in its original location, but the other two engines were moved to the front of the booms where they would turn their propellers directly. With more powerful inline engines, the air arm of the Italian Army became interested in purchasing the Caproni 300 hp (later known as the Ca. The Italian Army (Esercito Italiano is the ground defense force of the Military of Italy. 32), which they designated the Ca. 1. A total of 166 aircraft were delivered between August 1915 and December 1916. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1915: Events January January 19 - First Zeppelin raid on the This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1916: Events January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann

Some Ca. 1s survived the war to be rebuilt as airliners, able to carry up to six passengers. An airliner is a large Fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers This conversion became known as the Ca. 56 in Caproni's post-war naming scheme.

Note: there is some variation in published sources over early Caproni designations. The confusion stems, in part, from three separate schemes used to designate these aircraft - Caproni's in-house designations of the time, those used by the Italian Army, and designations created after the war by Caproni to refer to past designs.

Service history

The Ca. 1 entered service with the Italian Army in the middle of 1915 and first saw action on August 20 1915, attacking the Austrian air base at Aisovizza. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Fifteen bomber squadrons (1-15 Squadriglia) were eventually equipped with Ca. 1, Ca. 2, and Ca. 3 bombers, mostly bombing targets in Austria-Hungary. The 12th squadron operated in Libya. In 1918 three squadrons (3, 14 and 15) operated in France.

Description

Three-engine biplane of a wooden construction, covered with fabric. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer Crew: 4 in an open central nacelle (front gunner, two pilots and rear gunner-mechanic). The rear gunner manned upper machine guns, standing upon the central engine in a protective "cage", just before a propeller. Tricycle landing gear. Tricycle gear describes an Aircraft Undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a Tricycle fashion

Armament: 2 to 4 Revelli 6. 5mm or 7. 7mm machine guns: 1 in front ring mounting and 1, 2 or sometimes even 3 in an upper ring mounting. For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Bombs suspended under the hull.

Operators

Italy : Corpo Aeronautico Militare

Specifications (Ca. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest 32)

General characteristics

Crew: Four (pilot, co-pilot, front gunner, and rear gunner/mechanic)
Length: 11. 05 m (36 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 22. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 74 m (74 ft 7 in)
Height: 3. 70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 95. 6 m² (1,029 ft²)
Empty weight: 3,302 kg (7,264 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
Powerplant: 3× Fiat A.10 inline engines, 746 kW (100 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 120 km/h (65 knots, 75 mph)
Range: 550 km (297 nm, 344 miles)
Service ceiling 4,000 m (13,120 ft)

Armament

2 × 6. The Maximum Takeoff Weight or Maximum Takeoff Mass of an Aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot of the aircraft is allowed to attempt to take off The Fiat A10 was an Italian 6-cylinder liquid-cooled in-line aero engine of World War I. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions 5 mm FIAT-Revelli machine guns
Bombs mounted under the hull

References

Aerei Italiani (Italian)

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