- Design and development
- Specifications (Daimler Benz DB605)
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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The Caproni-Campini Ca.183bis was an Italian projected high-altitude fighter intended to have both piston and jet propulsion. Design and developmentThe Ca.183bis was intended to have a {{convert|1,250|hp|kW|abbr=on|0}} Daimler-Benz DB 605 in the nose driving a six-bladed contra-rotating propeller, augmented by a secondary piston engine behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor, expected to furnish a {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on|-1}} boost from jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of {{convert|740|km/h|abbr=on}} with a range of {{convert|2000|km|abbr=on}}. One 20 mm or 30 mm cannon was to be in the propeller hub with four more 20 mm cannon in the wings. Weight was to be {{convert|7500|kg|abbr=on}}.[1] The prototype was completed at 80% by the time of the armistice. The Italians continued working on it when Mussolini took power again 18 September 1943, also with the help of the Germans, however various attack against military structures slowed the development and the prototype was probably destroyed in 1944. Specifications (Daimler Benz DB605){{Aircraft specs
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See also{{aircontent
|related=*Caproni Campini N1
|similar aircraft=- Heinkel He 112
- Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250
- Sukhoi Su-6
- Sukhoi Su-5
- Reggiane Re.2007
- Ryan FR Fireball
|references=- Reichdream Unknown Series by Justo Miranda.
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|see also=* Italian aircraft production 1935 to 1945- List of jet aircraft of World War II
}}References1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jonathan|title=Italian Civil & Military Aircraft 1930-1945|publisher=Aero Publishers Inc.|location=New York|year=1963|edition=1st|pages=94|isbn=0-8168-6500-0}}
Sources {{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jonathan|title=Italian Civil & Military Aircraft 1930-1945|publisher=Aero Publishers Inc.|location=New York|year=1963|edition=1st|pages=94|isbn=0-8168-6500-0}}External links{{commons category|Caproni aircraft}}-
- {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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