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Caproni Vizzola F.6

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Development
F.6M F.6Z
Operators
Variants
Specifications (F.6M)
See also
Notes
References

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type = Fighter

manufacturer = Caproni

first flight = F.6M: September 1941
F.6Z: August 1943

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retired =

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primary user = Regia Aeronautica

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number built = 2

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The Caproni Vizzola F.6 was a World War II-era Italian fighter aircraft built by Caproni. It was a single-seat, low-wing cantilever monoplane with retractable landing gear. Only two prototypes were built, one designated F.6M and the other designated F.6Z.

Development

F.6M

The F.6 design was the result of a project to adapt the airframe of the Italian Caproni Vizzola F.5 fighter with the German Daimler-Benz DB 605A liquid-cooled inverted V-12 engine. To accomplish this, the Caproni company retained the F.5 fuselage but designed metal wings to replace the wood wings of the F.5. The new aircraft was designated F.6M, with "F" standing for Fabrizi, the designer of the F.5, and "M" for Metallico. It was designed to carry twice the offensive armament of the F.5, with four instead of two {{convert|12.7|mm|in|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} Breda-SAFAT machine guns; the prototype F.6M flew with two of these mounted in the fuselage and provision for two more in the wings, although the wing guns were never mounted.^[1]

The F.6M prototype first flew in September 1941, using a large radiator mounted under he nose, just behind the propeller. Flight testing showed that this location produced significant aerodynamic drag, and the prototype was reworked to mount the radiator on the belly, aft of the pilot position.^[1]

The sole F.6M prototype was damaged in a collision at Bresso airfield. After this accident, Caproni decided to end the F.6M project and instead concentrate on the more advanced Caproni Vizzola F.7 fighter.^[1]

F.6Z

Shortly after Caproni began to design the F.6M, it began work on a second F.6 prototype, this one designed to use the Isotta-Fraschini Zeta R.C.25/60 24-cylinder X-type engine and designated the F.6Z, with "Z" standing for Zeta. The aircraft was to carry three {{convert|12.7|mm|in|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} Breda-SAFAT machine guns, one in the fuselage and two in the wings. Problems with engine development greatly delayed the F.6Z, but it finally flew in August 1943.

Testing in August and September 1943 showed that the Zeta engine, although rated at 1,100 kilowatts (1,500 horsepower), was producing only 900 kilowatts (1,200 horsepower), and this problem was not solved before the World War II Italian armistice with the Allies on 8 September 1943. This brought the F.6Z project to an end. The sole F.6Z prototype was the only fighter to be powered by the Zeta engine.^[2] One other fighter type, the Reggiane Re.2004 was also planned with this engine, but was not realized.^[3]

Operators

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Regia Aeronautica

Variants

F.6M

First prototype, powered by a German-built Daimler-Benz DB 605A engine

F.6Z

Second prototype, powered by a Isotta-Fraschini Zeta R.C.25/60 engine

F.7

An extensively revised F.6 powered by a 1,175 h.p. Alfa Romeo R.A.1000 R.C.44-la Monsonie (Monsoon), (license-built DB 601A-l) engine. Development abandoned with the September 1943 armistice.^[4]

Specifications (F.6M)

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|crew=one
|length m=9.15
|length ft=30
|length in=0.25
|length note=(F.6Z {{convert|9.01|m|ft|0|abbr=on}})
|span m=11.35
|span ft=37
|span in=3
|span note=(F.6Z {{convert|11.82|m|ft|0|abbr=on}})
|height m=3.02
|height ft=9
|height in=11
|wing area sqm=18.81
|wing area sqft=202.5
|aspect ratio=6.85
|airfoil=
|empty weight kg=2,265
|empty weight lb=4,993
|empty weight note=(F.6Z {{convert|3,348|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}})
|gross weight kg=2,885
|gross weight lb=6,360
|gross weight note=(F.6Z {{convert|4,092|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}})
|fuel capacity=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Daimler-Benz DB 605A
|eng1 type=V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engine
|eng1 kw=1,099
|eng2 number=1
|eng2 name=
|eng2 type=
|eng2 hp=
|prop blade number=3
|prop name=
|prop dia m=
|prop dia ft=
|prop dia in=
|max speed kmh=569
|max speed mph=354
|max speed kts=307
|max speed note=at {{convert|5,000|m|ft|abbr=on}} (F.6Z {{convert|630|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}})
|range km=950
|range miles=590
|range nmi=513
|range note=at {{convert|477|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (F.6Z {{convert|1,370|km|mi|abbr=on}})
|ceiling ft=
|ceiling note=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=
|climb rate note=
|wing loading kg/m2=155.4
|wing loading lb/sqft=31.4
|power/mass=2.63 kg/kW
|guns=3 (F.6Z) or 4 (F.6M) × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) forward-firing Breda-SAFAT machine guns
}}

Notes

1. ^¹²Green and Swanborough, p. 109
2. ^¹Green and Swanborough, p. 110
3. ^Pietro Prato: Caccia Caproni Reggiane 1938-1945, Interconair, Genf, 1971 (Italian)
4. ^{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Jonathan W.|title=Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945|publisher=Aero Publishers Inc.|location=USA|year=1963|isbn=0-8168-6500-0|lccn=63-17621}}

References

Green, William, and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Aircraft Built and Flown. New York: SMITHMARK Publishers, 1994. {{ISBN|0-8317-3939-8}}.

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