The Campini Caproni Project |
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The Campini-Caproni was the first italian jet plane, flown mid 1940. Two examples were built and one survived WWII being presently hosted at the IAF museum at "Vigna di Valle" (Rome).
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Technical description |
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The Campini-Caproni was surely a beautiful plane with an elegant and "techie" look. The fuselage was of round shape coupled with a short elliptical wing. The two-seat pressurized cabin and some innovative solutions surely gave it a certain appeal.
![]() The motor-jet
The CC engine arrangement was a particular one being much different from contemporary and later (turbo)jet planes. It can be called a motor-jet to underline similarities and differences with a usual turbo-jet.
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Differently from what happened in a contemporary turbo-jet these sections were phisycally divided, this being a key factor of the modular concept.
The CC engine switched the turbine section to a more traditional piston-engine to act the compressor; anyway it must be noted that from the very beginning (1931) the project was fully a modular one, with provision to use a turbine, a piston engine, different kinds of compressor or something else alternatively.
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The Campini-Caproni compared
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