The Fiat C.29 was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built by Fiat Aviazione for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race. It was a twin-float monoplane with a wooden spar wing skinned in aluminium alloy, powered by the Fiat AS.5 V-12 engine that was designed to keep frontal area small. Francesco Agello made the first flight in June 1929 and found it laterally unstable. The first prototype crashed on landing and the second was lost in August 1929 when it sank back onto Lake Garda, so a third was built and sent to England but did not fly in the competition. Three aircraft were built, and the last one survives in the Italian Air Force Museum.
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The Fiat C.29 was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built in the late-1920s by Fiat Aviazione especially for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race.
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The Fiat C.29 was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built in the late-1920s by Fiat Aviazione especially for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race.
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The Fiat C.29 was an Italian racing seaplane designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built in the late-1920s by Fiat Aviazione especially for the 1929 Schneider Trophy air race.
Design and development
First flown by Francesco Agello at Desenzano del Garda in early June 1929, this twin-float monoplane racer was noted to be laterally unstable.
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Unused in the race, of the three aircraft built, two were destroyed in flying accidents while the third is on display in a museum.
Aircraft on display
The third and sole remaining C.29 is on display at the Italian Air Force Museum.
Specifications (C.29)
Powerplant: 1 × Fiat AS.5 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 750 kW (1,010 hp)
Specifications (C.29), top speed
Maximum speed: 560 km/h (350 mph, 300 kn)
Specifications (C.29), maximum mass
Max takeoff weight: 1,160 kg (2,557 lb)
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