| Terrence I. Murphy, e-mail, 04.02.2012 16:37 The SIAI S.13 was an Italian 1910s reconnaissance flying-boat. Designed by the Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) as a smaller version of the earlier S.12, the S.13 was a single-engined biplane reconnaissance-fighter flying boat. It had a crew of two in side-by-side seats behind a single windscreen; the observer has a single trainably-mounted machine-gun. The flying boat was powered by a single 250 hp (187 kW) Isotta Fraschini V6 engine.
General characteristics
• Crew: 2 (pilot, observer)
• Powerplant: 1 × Isotta Fraschini V6 engine, 187 kW (250 hp)
Performance
• Maximum speed: 197 km /h (122 mph)
Armament
• 1 × 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun reply |
