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    • The Macchi M.C.99 was a prototype 1930s Italian twin-engined torpedo-bomber flying boat designed and built by Macchi.


      Development


      The M.C.99 was designed by Mario Castoldi as a military flying boat, resembling the earlier commercial M.C.94 and was a wooden twin-engined shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane. Constructed mainly of wood, it was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying boat. With a crew of five, it had an enclosed cabin and had defensive gun positions in the bow, amidships and in the tail. The prototype and only M.C.99 was powered by two 890 kW (1,190 hp) Isotta Fraschini Asso XI R.2C.15 engines, strut-mounted above the wings. Briefly flown in 1937 it did not enter production.


      Specifications


      Data from Orbis.General characteristics
      Crew: five
      Wingspan: 25.34 m (83 ft 2 in)
      Max takeoff weight: 11,600 kg (25,574 lb)
      Powerplant: 2 × Isotta Fraschini Asso XI R.2C.15 water-cooled, supercharged V12 piston engine, 660 kW (890 hp) each
      Performance

      Maximum speed: 282 km/h (175 mph, 152 kn)
      Range: 3,000 km (1,900 mi, 1,600 nmi)
      Armament

      Guns: 4 x light machine-guns
      Bombs: either 1500kg of bombs or two torpedoes.


      See also



      Related lists

      List of seaplanes and flying boats


      References


      Notes

      Bibliography
      *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 1985.


      External links



      Photo of a Macchi M.C.99

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