Type sheet: ca36

Caproni CA 36
Heavy Bomber, Italy, 1917

[Technical Data] [Expo/Images] - [ Caproni] [ Bombers 1914-1918]

Description:

By end of 1914 Giovanni Caproni designed a three-engine
bomber, the Ca 31. It had Gnome rotary engines. In the
next year, the design was changed to FIAT inline
engines and designated Ca 32. After the first
operational experiences, for example athe the austrian
Aisovizza, the design was modified again to be the Ca
33. It had the more powerful and reliable Isotta
Fraschini engines. The Ca 36 is the last model of this
family, designed at the end of the war in 1918. It
could be easy disassembled for transport. The Ca 36
remained in service as late as 1929.

Sizes and weights

Total Length :

39.009 ft

11.890 m

Greatest height :

13.484 ft

4.110 m

Wingspan :

80.249 ft

24.460 m

Max take off weight :

8822.2 lbs

4001.0 kg

Weight empty :

5733.0 lbs

2600.0 kg

Performance data

Max. speed :

76 kts

140 km/h

Initial climb rate :

413.39 ft/min

2.10 m/s

Service ceiling :

15892 ft

4844 m

Range :

323 nm

599 km

Propulsion

Kind :

KRei

Type :

Isotta Fraschini V 4 B (6 cyl.)

Power rating (max.) :

148 hp

150 ps

Count :

3

3

Total power rating (max.) :

444 hp

450 ps

Fuel capacity :

199 gal

755 l

Other

Crew :

0

0

3

Armament :

2* MG 6,5mm Revelli, 800kg Bomb.