Fiat G.50 Freccia

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1 Technical Data
2 History
- 2.1 Development
3 TT Performance
- 3.1 Speed
- 3.2 Time to Altitude

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Technical Data

Plane: Fiat G.50 Freccia

Informations : G50 bis serie VII - MM 6393 ( TT used skin )

Type : Single Engine, Monoplane, Single Seat Fighter.

Company: Aeronautica D'Italia Fiat S.A.

Designer: Giuseppe Gabrielli

Date of Project: 1935

Date of First Protoype : 1937

Date of Service : 1938 to 1943

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Engine

1 x Fiat A.74 R.C.38

Power: 840 HP at take off with 2.400 rpm

Type: 14 cylinder air cooled radial

Bore: 140 mm (5.512 in)

Stroke: 145 mm (5.709 in)

Displacement: 31,249.42 cc (1,906.96 cu in)

Length: 1,044mm (41.13 in)

Width: 653mm (25.71 in)

Height: 1,195mm (47.05 in)

Dry weight: 565kg (1245.6 lb)

Valvetrain: One intake and one sodium-cooled exhaust valve per cylinder

Fuel system: 1 stromberg carb

Fuel type: 87 octane

Compression ratio: 6.50:1

Power-to-weight ratio: 1.48lb/hp @ cruise speed

Prop Drive : Geared

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Performance

Maximum Speed: 400 km/h at sea level; 472 km/h at 5.000 m

Landing speed: 121 km/h

Climb speed: 732 m/min = 12,2 m/sec

Range: 670 km

Service Ceiling : 10,700 m.

Landing run: 285 m.

Take off run : 200 m.

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Armament

2 x BREDA - SAFAT Machine Guns BREDA - SAFAT. Caliber 12,7mm. 300 rounds per gun. 700 rounds/min (575 rounds/min synchronized). Muzzle velocity 765 m/s. Weight 29,5 kg per gun. Cartridge 12.7x81SR (34.2 g) high-explosive/incendiary/tracing (HEIT).

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Dimensions

Wing Area: 18,15 m²

Wing Span: 10,99 m

Lenght: 7,79 m

Height: 2,96 m

Empty weight: 2.077 kg

Loaded weight: 2.516 kg

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History

The G50 was the first single seat fighter, all metal, designed and flown by Italy, with retractable undercarriage. But despite these improvements, its maximum speed was only 33 km/h faster than its predecessor, the Fiat CR.42. Both types were powered by the 840 hp Fiat A.74 RC38, 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine.

Giuseppe Gabrielli of the Aeronautica D'Italia Fiat S.A., started the project in September 1935. The First prototype flown on February 1937. Entered at service in 1938, when twelve G50 were sent to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Pilots found it to be a maneuverable aircraft but disliked the canopy and so it was removed in successive models.

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Development

87 planes from model G50 bis serie VII(MM 6328 - 6414) were made by CMASA between 1940 - 1941.

The G50 bis serie VII was largely similar to the initial production series, but the differences included increased fuel capacity, improved pilot protection and a new radio installation. The type was mainly employed in Lybia.

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