AVIS C.4
C.4 | |
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Role | Liaison Monoplane |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | (AVIS) |
Designer | |
First flight | 1940 |
Number built | 1 |
The AVIS C.4 was a 1940s Italian liaison aircraft designed by Ugo Abate and built by (AVIS) for an Italian Air Force requirement for a liaison aircraft with a similar role to the Fieseler Fi 156.[1]
First flown in June 1940 the low-wing monoplane was in competition with the IMAM Ro.63 and , but the results of test flights were not satisfactory and only one C.4 was built of the six originally ordered.[1]
Specifications[]
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 13.96 m (45 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 28 m2 (300 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 826 kg (1,821 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,329 kg (2,930 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hirth HM.508D air-cooled, eight-cylinder, inverted-V piston engine, 210 kW (280 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
See also[]
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References[]
- ^ a b c de Toni, Adriano. "Caproni AV.I.S. C.4" (in Portuguese). Brazil: www.deadlybirds.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
Categories:
- 1940s Italian military utility aircraft
- STOL aircraft
- Single-engined tractor aircraft
- Low-wing aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1940