Adamoli-Cattani fighter | |
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Role | Fighter |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Farina and Officine MoncenisioEwed |
Designer | Signori Adamoli & Cattani[1] |
First flight | 1918 |
Number built | 1[1] |
The Adamoli-Cattani fighter was a prototype fighter aircraft designed as a private venture by two Italian aircraft builders in 1918.
The Adamoli-Cattani was intended to be the smallest practical biplane around the most powerful engine available to them, a 149 kW (200 hp) le Rhône M. The result was a reasonably conventional design, other than that the wings featured hinged leading edges in place of conventional ailerons. The Farina Coach Building factory in Turin began construction of the prototype; the Officine Moncenisio in Condove completed it.[1]
Upon completion, ground testing revealed that the engine as installed could only deliver some 80% of its rated power, thus leaving the aircraft significantly underpowered. Limited tests continued until the end of World War I, when the Armistice made further development superfluous.[1]
Data from The Complete Book of Fighters[1]
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