Aircraft Identification Thread IV

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-26-2005, 01:56 PM

Did you build that model or is it from a site.

cheddar cheese · 05-26-2005, 02:59 PM

I wish!

Its from a site.

JCS · 05-26-2005, 03:40 PM

Never seen this one before. Whatever it is it looks pretty darn good.

JCS · 05-26-2005, 03:43 PM

Now that I look at it again it looks pretty familiar. Could it be a Piaggio P.23?

cheddar cheese · 05-26-2005, 03:43 PM

Close!

JCS · 05-26-2005, 03:48 PM

P.50?

cheddar cheese · 05-26-2005, 03:51 PM

Yep

Just been finiding out about it recently and it looks a real beauty.

JCS · 05-26-2005, 03:54 PM

Where'd you find that pic at? the only I've ever seen of it is this one....

cheddar cheese · 05-26-2005, 03:58 PM

i just banged in Piaggio p.50 in Google and it came up with that

plan_D · 05-26-2005, 07:56 PM

How is it not ****?

trackend · 05-27-2005, 01:32 AM

would'nt the the air from the front engines get so disturbed that the pushers did squat diddly?

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 05-27-2005, 06:44 AM

What do you know about the P.50? It looks like it had good potential.

Piaggio108 · 05-27-2005, 07:43 AM

The P.50-I had the tandem configuration, the P.50-II had a conventional engine configuration, perhaps there was some interference. And yes it had potential, the P.108 was based on it somewhat, I can't remember how much off the top of my head though.

FLYBOYJ · 05-27-2005, 09:38 AM

Here's a modern one. Military designation please!

JCS · 05-27-2005, 02:11 PM

Quote:

What do you know about the P.50? It looks like it had good potential.

Heres some info I gathered from various sites(I dunno how accurate it is as every site I found had a little variation in the specs):

This bomber was the basis for the P.108. It was a mid-wing design with four engines, in a two-by-two tandem arrangment in the P.50-I and a more conventional leading-edge arrangment in the P.50-II.

P.50-I:

Year of Construction: 1937/38
First Flight: November 16th 1937, piloted byt Angelo Tondi
Crew: 4-5
Wingspan: 25.76
Length: 19,80
Wing Area: 100,00
Engines: 4 729hp Isotta-Fraschini Asso XI RC
Range: 3350km
Max. weight: 20000 kg
Empty Weight: 13000 kg
Loaded weight; 7000 kg
Max. Speed: 435 km/h at 4600 m

P.50-II:

Year of Construction: 1938
Crew: 4-5
Wingspan: 25.76m
Length: 19,80
Engines: 4 1000hp Piaggio P.XI RC40
Max. weight: 20200 kg
Loaded weights: 7000 kg
Function: Bomber
Max. Speed: 450 km/h at 4500 mt
Range: 3,500 km

Check the albums too, I added a few pics of the P.50-I and II last night.