SIAI S.58
1924
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SIAI S.58

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Specification 
 MODELS.58bis
 CREW1
 ENGINE1 x 420hp Fiat A 20
 WEIGHTS
    Take-off weight1477 kg3256 lb
    Empty weight1117 kg2463 lb
 DIMENSIONS
    Wingspan11.25 m37 ft 11 in
    Length9.10 m30 ft 10 in
    Height2.75 m9 ft 0 in
    Wing area29.10 m2313.23 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
    Max. speed267 km/h166 mph
    Cruise speed235 km/h146 mph
    Rate of climb392 m/min1300 ft/min
 ARMAMENT2 x 7.7mm

Comments
Terrence I. Murphy, tismurph=hotmail.com, 04.02.2012

The SIAI S.58 was an Italian flying boat fighter prototype of the 1920s designed and manufactured by SIAI. It was a wooden, single-seat, single-bay biplane with a hull based on that of the SIAI S.51 racing flying boat which had participated in the 1922 Schneider Trophy race. The S.58's engine, a 221-kilowatt (296-brake horsepower) Hispano-Suiza HS 42 V8 driving a pusher propeller, was mounted on struts above the hull. SIAI proposed an armament of two fixed, forward-firing 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) Vickers machine guns mounted on the hull on either side of the cockpit. The S.58 made its first flight early in the summer of 1924 and on 25 August 1924 set a world altitude record for aircraft of its type by reaching 5,831 meters (19,130 feet) with a payload of 250 kilograms (551 pounds).

Terrence I. Murphy, tismurph=hotmail.com, 04.02.2012

The SIAI S.58 was an Italian flying boat fighter prototype of the 1920s designed and manufactured by SIAI. It was a wooden, single-seat, single-bay biplane with a hull based on that of the SIAI S.51 racing flying boat which had participated in the 1922 Schneider Trophy race. The S.58's engine, a 221-kilowatt (296-brake horsepower) Hispano-Suiza HS 42 V8 driving a pusher propeller, was mounted on struts above the hull. SIAI proposed an armament of two fixed, forward-firing 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) Vickers machine guns mounted on the hull on either side of the cockpit. The S.58 made its first flight early in the summer of 1924 and on 25 August 1924 set a world altitude record for aircraft of its type by reaching 5,831 meters (19,130 feet) with a payload of 250 kilograms (551 pounds).

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