[WWI] Caproni ca.4 question

[Carlos Carreira]

Hi Dave,

I don't have the Datafile, but according to "Gli Aeroplani Caproni" several
triplanes of the 40 series were powered by Libertys.

Regards,
Carlos

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Hooper, Dave <Dave.Hooper at clarks.com> wrote:

>  Hi all
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> Are there any experts on WW1 engines out there?
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> Here's my problem. On page 8 of windsock data file no.111 on the Caproni
> Ca.4 there are 3 photos of a Ca.4 'with Caproni bombing machine' written
> around the nose. The captions state that this is a Fiat (A12) powered
> aircraft, but if you look carefully at the three photos it can clearly be
> seen that each engine (or at least the two outer engines) has 12 exhausts,
> six coming from each side.
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> Now this suggests to me that they are not actually Fiat A12 engines but
> actually a 12 cylinder engine of some type. Can anybody shed any light on
> this? Could it be a Liberty engine?
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> Regards
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> Dave
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