CANT 26
| CANT 26 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Biplane trainer |
| Manufacturer | CANT |
| Number built | 7 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1928 |
The CANT 26 was an Italian two-seat biplane trainer built by CANT.
Design and development
The CANT 26 was an unusual product of CANT as it was a landplane. It was a two-seat biplane with tailwheel landing gear and powered by a 60 kW (80 hp) engine. Only seven examples were built, one of which competed in the Challenge 1929 trials, and another of which was temporarily converted into a seaplane. One plane was registered in Argentina as R-183 and it was later sold to an Italian citizen resident in Paraguay, Nicola Bo in 1932. He sold it to the Paraguayan Military Air Arm. It received the serial T-6 and it was used as a liaison aircraft during the Chaco War. It was destroyed in a fatal accident during the war on May 5, 1933, killing Capt. José D. Jara (pilot) and Lt. Niemann (passenger).
Operators
Specifications
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
- Height: 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 26.2 m2 (282 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 370 kg (816 lb)
- Gross weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 6-cyl air-cooled in-line piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
- Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn)
- Range: 810 km (500 mi, 440 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,800 m (12,500 ft)
- Wing loading: 25 kg/m2 (5.1 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.238 kW/kg (0.145 hp/lb)
References
- ↑ Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 160c–161c.
Further reading
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing
- Sapienza Fracchia, Antonio Luis: "La Contribución Italiana en la Aviación Paraguaya". Author's edition. Asunción, 2007. 300pp.
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