To meet a Regia Marina requirement for a two-seat catapult-launched seaplane, Piaggio produced two designs. The first, designated the P.6bis, was a small biplaneflying boat powered by a 190 kW (260 hp) Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine driving a pusher propeller. The second design designated, the P.6, was a floatplane with one large central float and two stabilising floats at the wingtips and a nose-mounted A.20 engine.
Both aircraft had the same biplane wing structure with rigid strut bracing and both were armed with a single machine gun (the flying-boat's in the bow and the floatplane's in the rear cockpit). In 1928, the P.6ter was produced based on the P.6 floatplane with the engine boosted to 306 kW (410 hp). A production run of 15 P-6ter aircraft was produced for the Italian Navy where it had an unremarkable career, being used on battleships and cruisers.
piaggio, italian, catapult, launched, reconnaissance, floatplane, designed, built, piaggio, regia, marina, italian, royal, navy, role, catapult, launched, reconnaissance, floatplanemanufacturer, piaggiofirst, flight, 1927primary, user, regia, marinanumber, bui. The Piaggio P 6 was an Italian catapult launched reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Piaggio for the Regia Marina Italian Royal Navy Piaggio P 6Role Catapult launched reconnaissance floatplaneManufacturer PiaggioFirst flight 1927Primary user Regia MarinaNumber built 15 P 6ter Contents 1 Development 2 Variants 3 Operators 4 Specifications P 6ter 5 See also 6 ReferencesDevelopment EditTo meet a Regia Marina requirement for a two seat catapult launched seaplane Piaggio produced two designs The first designated the P 6bis was a small biplane flying boat powered by a 190 kW 260 hp Isotta Fraschini V 6 engine driving a pusher propeller The second design designated the P 6 was a floatplane with one large central float and two stabilising floats at the wingtips and a nose mounted A 20 engine Both aircraft had the same biplane wing structure with rigid strut bracing and both were armed with a single machine gun the flying boat s in the bow and the floatplane s in the rear cockpit In 1928 the P 6ter was produced based on the P 6 floatplane with the engine boosted to 306 kW 410 hp A production run of 15 P 6ter aircraft was produced for the Italian Navy where it had an unremarkable career being used on battleships and cruisers Variants Edit P 6bis Prototype flying boat P 6 Prototype floatplane P 6ter Production floatplane 15 built Operators Edit Kingdom of ItalyRegia MarinaSpecifications P 6ter Edit General characteristics Crew two Wingspan 13 50 m 44 ft 3 5 in Gross weight 2 360 kg 5 203 lb Powerplant 1 Fiat A 20 306 kW 410 hp Performance Maximum speed 195 km h 121 mph 105 kn Armament 1 machine gunSee also EditRelated lists List of Interwar military aircraft List of seaplanes and flying boatsReferences Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piaggio P 6 Taylor Michael J H 1989 Jane s Encyclopedia of Aviation London Studio Editions The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 Orbis Publishing p 2700 Portals Italy Companies Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Piaggio P 6 amp oldid 1136514092, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
