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Caproni Ca.37 - Wikipedia

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Ca.37

General information
Type	Ground attack aircraft
National origin	Italy
Manufacturer	Caproni
Number built	1
History
First flight	1916

The Caproni Ca.37 was a ground attack aircraft designed and built in Italy by Caproni around 1916.

Design and development

During 1916 Caproni embarked on the design of a small light ground attack aircraft which followed the design philosophy of its much larger cousins the Ca.3 and Ca.4.^[1]

The Ca.37 followed the twin boom layout with central nacelle, which housed the tandem cockpits and the 190 kW (250 hp) Lancia Tipo 4 6-cylinder in-line piston engine, driving a 2-bladed pusher propeller. The tail-plane spanned across the two tail-booms and mounted two all-flying rudders for yaw control. Twin main-wheel units were strut mounted under each boom which also carried wooden tail-skids.^[1]

The front cockpit was to house a gunner with a flexibly mounted machine-gun. Small bombs were also to be carried for trench attacks and anti-personnel attacks.^[1]

Limited further development, in the form of streamlined pod and booms, was carried out as the Ca.38, but no production resulted.^[1]

Variants

Ca.37: The sole Ca.37 prototype.
Ca.38: A new-build aircraft, or conversion of the sole Ca.37, with streamlined pod and booms for improved performance, but still no production orders.

Specifications (Ca.37)

Data from Aeroplani Caproni^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 65 m² (700 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,300 kg (2,866 lb)
Gross weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lancia Tipo 4 6-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 190 kW (250 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch wooden pusher propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn) Ca.37 (170 km/h (110 mph; 92 kn) Ca.38)

Armament

Guns: 1x flexibly mounted machine gun in the nose cockpit plus unspecified other armament

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Abate, Rosario; Alegi, Gregory; Apostolo, Giorgio (1992). Aeroplani Caproni (English translated ed.). Milano: Museo Caproni.

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Company WW1 HP designations	80 hp 260 hp 300 hp 350 hp 450 hp 600 hp 700 hp 750 hp 750 hp (2) 900 hp 1,200 hp
Numerical designation sequence^2,³	Ca.1 Ca.2 Ca.3 Ca.4 Ca.5 Ca.6 Ca.7 Ca.8 Ca.9 Ca.10 Ca.11 Ca.12 Ca.13 Ca.14 Ca.15 Ca.16 Ca.17 Ca.18 Ca.19 Ca.20 Ca.21 Ca.22 Ca.23 Ca.24 Ca.25 Ca.26 Ca.27 Ca.28 Ca.29 Ca.30 Ca.31 Ca.32 Ca.33 Ca.34 Ca.35 Ca.36 Ca.37 Ca.38 Ca.39 Ca.40 Ca.41 Ca.42 Ca.43 Ca.44 Ca.45 Ca.46 Ca.47 Ca.48 Ca.49 Ca.50 Ca.51 Ca.52 Ca.53 Ca.54 Ca.55 Ca.56a Ca.57 Ca.58 Ca.59 Ca.60 Ca.61 Ca.62 Ca.63 Ca.64 Ca.65 Ca.66 Ca.67 Ca.68 Ca.69 Ca.70 Ca.71 Ca.72 Ca.73 Ca.74 Ca.75 Ca.76 Ca.77 Ca.78 Ca.79 Ca.80 Ca.81 Ca.82 Ca.83 Ca.84 Ca.85 Ca.86 Ca.87 Ca.88 Ca.89 Ca.90 Ca.91 Ca.92 Ca.93 Ca.94 Ca.95 Ca.96 Ca.97 Ca.98 Ca.99 Ca.100 Ca.101 Ca.102 Ca.103 Ca.104 Ca.105 Ca.106 Ca.107 Ca.108 Ca.109 Ca.110 Ca.111 Ca.112 Ca.113 Ca.114 Ca.115 Ca.116 Ca.117 Ca.118 Ca.119 Ca.120 Ca.121 Ca.122 Ca.123 Ca.124 Ca.125 Ca.126 Ca.127 Ca.128 Ca.129 Ca.130 Ca.131 Ca.132 Ca.133 Ca.134 Ca.135 Ca.136 Ca.137 Ca.138-139¹ Ca.140 Ca.141 Ca.142 Ca.143 Ca.144-145¹ Ca.146 Ca.147¹ Ca.148 Ca.149¹ Ca.150 Ca.151 Ca.152¹ Ca.153 Ca.154 Ca.155 Ca.156 Ca.157-159¹ Ca.160 Ca.161 Ca.162 Ca.163 Ca.164 Ca.165 Ca.166 Ca.167 Ca.168¹ Ca.169 Ca.170-172¹ Ca.173 Ca.174¹ Ca.175 Ca.176 Ca.177 Ca.178¹ Ca.179 Ca.180-182¹ Ca.183 Ca.184 Ca.185¹ Ca.186 Ca.187-189¹ Ca.190 Ca.191 Ca.192¹ Ca.193 Ca.194 Ca.195 Ca.196 Ca.197 198-199¹ Ca.200¹ Ca.201 Ca.202-203¹ Ca.204 Ca.205 Ca.206¹ Ca.207 Ca.208-210¹ Ca.211 Ca.212-213¹ Ca.214 Ca.215¹ Ca.216 Ca.217-224¹ Ca.225
Names	Cinquemotore Transaereo Noviplano Capronissimo
WW1 Military designations	Ca.1 Ca.2 Ca.3 Ca.4 Ca.5