Ca 100 Idro
Ca-100 Fiat engine
Based on the de Havilland D.H.60 Moth, but incorporating
some minor differences in detail design, including an increased-span lower
wing, the Caproni Ca 100 was built in some numbers for civil and military use
from 1929. Powered initially by the 85-hp (63-kW) de Havilland Gipsy engine,
the Ca 100 was fitted also with a variety of engines of different output,
including the 90-hp (67-kW) Blackburn Cirrus Minor, the 115-hp (86-kW)
Isotta-Fraschini Asso 80R, the 145-hp (108-kW) Colombo S.63 and the 85-hp (63-kW)
Fiat A50. A twin-float seaplane version, 30 of which were built by Macchi, was
known as the Ca 100 Idro, and in 1934 a light bombing trainer was built,
powered by a 130-hp (97-kW) radial engine and able to carry four small bombs.
In 1931 a Ca 100 Idro flown by Antonini and Trevisan established a seaplane
altitude record of 16,462 ft (5018 m). In 1935 the Peruvian government signed a
contract with Caproni which gave the company a 10-year monopoly for the
manufacture and repair of military aircraft in that country. Several Ca 100s
were supplied from Italy, and in May 1937 a factory was opened in Peru, charged
with producing 25 Ca 100s within two years but actually building only 12 in
that period, at an excessive cost. The type was also manufactured by a Caproni
subsidiary in Bulgaria as the KB-l.
Specifications (Ca.100)
General characteristics
Crew: 2, pilot and
instructor
Length: 7.30 m (23
ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 10.00 m
(32 ft 10 in)
Height: 2.75 m (9
ft 0 in)
Wing area: 24.4 m²
(263 ft²)
Empty weight: 400
kg (882 lb)
Gross weight: 560
kg (1,499 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × de
Havilland Gipsy, 63 kW (85 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 165
km/h (102 mph)
Range: 700 km (462
miles)
Service ceiling:
4,000 m (13,125 ft)
Rate of climb: 1.8
m/s (354 ft/min)
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