[WWI] Caproni ca.4 question

[Hooper, Dave]

Hi Carlos

 

Thanks for your reply. Having spent along time pouring over these photos
(and the rest of the datafile) I think they may be Libertys. I may be
totally wrong but the exhaust shape and positions bear a strong
resemblence to those on the post war Ca.4 floatplane, which are
(according to the datafile) - ' the only confirmed application of
Liberty engines to a Ca.4 airframe'

 

Dave

 

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of Carlos Carreira
Sent: 08 April 2008 16:43
To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
Subject: Re: [WWI] Caproni ca.4 question

 

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

 

Are there any experts on WW1 engines out there? 

 

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.

 

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?

 

Regards

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

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