Savoia-Marchetti S.65
Savoia-Marchetti S.65 | |
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Role | Racing seaplane |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Savoia-Marchetti |
First flight | 1929 |
Number built | 1 |
The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was an Italian racing seaplane built for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.
Design and development[]
The S.65 was a single-seat twin-engine floatplane of low-wing monoplane configuration with two floats. Its tailplane was supported by two booms and the floats, which extended well toward the rear of the aircraft. Its two 745-kilowatt (1,000-horsepower) Isotta Fraschini engines were mounted in tandem, each driving a two-bladed propeller, one in the nose in a tractor configuration and the other at the rear of the fuselage in a pusher configuration.[1]
Operational history[]
The S.65 was excluded from the 1929 race due to mechanical problems, and Italy was instead represented in the race by one Macchi M.52R and two Macchi M.67 seaplanes.[2]
Tommaso Dal Molin of the Italian Schneider Trophy racing team was killed flying the S.65 during training at Lake Garda in northern Italy in 1930.[3]
Operators[]
Specifications[]
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Data from [4]
General characteristics
- Powerplant: 2 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 W-18 liquid-cooled piston engines, 750 kW (1,000 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 640 km/h (400 mph, 350 kn) estimated
See also[]
- Savoia-Marchetti
- Schneider Trophy
Related lists
- List of seaplanes and flying boats
Notes[]
- ^ Vašiček, Aviation History, September 2002, p. 35.
- ^ Vašiček, Aviation History, September 2002, p. 35.
- ^ Schneider Trophy History
- ^ Vašiček, Radko, "When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky," Aviation History, September 2002
References[]
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- Vašiček, Radko. "When Seaplanes Ruled the Sky." Aviation History, September 2002.
- Schneider Trophy History
- 1920s Italian sport aircraft
- Floatplanes
- Savoia-Marchetti aircraft
- Schneider Trophy
- Racing aircraft
- Twin-engined push-pull aircraft
- Twin-boom aircraft
- Low-wing aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1929