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The '''Macchi M.C. 72''' was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. In 1933 and 1934 it set a world record for speed over water, the maximum speed being 709 kmh, which still stands as the record.
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The Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. In 1933 and 1934 it set a world record for speed over water.
== Aircraft Help ==
 
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The Macchi M.C. 72 was one of a series of seaplanes developed by Macchi Aeronautica. An earlier model, the Macchi M.24 was a twin engine flying boat armed with machine guns and capable of carrying a torpedo. Later in the 1920s, Macchi focused on speed and on winning the Schneider Trophy. In 1922 the company hired aircraft designer Mario Castoldi to design high-speed aircraft.
 
In 1926, the company won the trophy with the Macchi M.39 which attained a top speed of 246 mph (395.8 km/h). Further planes (the M.52, M.52R, and the M.67) were designed and built but victory in the Schneider races kept eluding the Italians. Castoldi then designed the ultimate racing seaplane, the M.C. 72, a single seater aircraft with two floats.
 
The design of the Macchi M.C. 72 was unique with a fuselage partly metal to the cockpit and wood monocoque bolted to the front tubular portion by four bolts.[1] The streamlined nose contours enclosed an oil tank with its outside wall exposed to the airstream. The wing was all metal with flat tubular water radiators smoothly faired into the wings. The twin pontoons had three smoothly faired radiators on the outer surfaces, the forward radiator for water and the centre and rear radiators for oil cooling. The float struts also featured water radiators and another radiator was fitted during hot conditions under the fuselage running from cockpit to tail.
 
It was built in 1931 with the idea of competing for what turned out to be the final Schneider Trophy race but, due to engine problems, the plane was unable to compete.
Warrant Officer Francesco Agello, test pilot of the Macchi M.C. 72
 
Instead of halting development, Macchi continued work on the M.C. 72. Benito Mussolini personally took an interest[2] in seeing development of the M.C. 72 continue and directed state funds to the company.
 
==Aircraft Help==
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== See also ==
== Specs ==
*[[Table of models]]
*Crew: one pilot
*Length: 8.32 m (27 ft 3.5 in)
*Wingspan: 9.48 m (31 ft 1.25 in)
*Height: 3.30 m (10.83 ft)
*Wing area: 15 m² (151.46 ft²)
*Empty weight: 2,505 kg (5,512 lb)
*Loaded weight: 2,907 kg (6,409 lb)
*Max. takeoff weight: 3,031 kg (6,669 lb)
*Powerplant: 1 × Fiat AS.6 Liquid-cooled 24- cylinder V-engine, 2,126 kW (2,850 hp)
 
===Performance===


Maximum speed: 709.209 km/h (382.9 kn, 440.681 mph) (world speed record for piston powered seaplane)
== External links ==
== External links ==
*http://www.flightgear.org/Downloads/aircraft-2.0.0/
* {{wikipedia|Macchi M.C.72}}
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchi_M.C.72
 
[[Category:Aircraft]]
[[Category:Racer]]
[[Category:Seaplanes and flying boats]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 14 August 2016

Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72
FGAddon
Mc72.jpg
Type Floatplane, Racing aircraft, Historical aircraft
Configuration Low wing aircraft
Propulsion Piston aircraft, Single-engine aircraft
Manufacturer Aeronautica Macchi
Author(s)
  • Emmanuel Baranger (3D, FDM)
  • Pierre Geoffroy (FDM)
FDM YASim
--aircraft= mc72
Status Beta
 FDM Stars-2.png
 Systems Stars-1.png
 Cockpit Stars-2.png
 Model Stars-4.png
Development
 Hangar Helijah hangar
 Website The website for the Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72 developments.
 Repository The development repository of the Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72.
Download Download the Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72 aircraft package for the current stable release (2020.3).
License GPLv2+

The Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. In 1933 and 1934 it set a world record for speed over water, the maximum speed being 709 kmh, which still stands as the record.

Aircraft Help

Key Function
d Open/close canopy

Specs

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Length: 8.32 m (27 ft 3.5 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.48 m (31 ft 1.25 in)
  • Height: 3.30 m (10.83 ft)
  • Wing area: 15 m² (151.46 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 2,505 kg (5,512 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 2,907 kg (6,409 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 3,031 kg (6,669 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Fiat AS.6 Liquid-cooled 24- cylinder V-engine, 2,126 kW (2,850 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 709.209 km/h (382.9 kn, 440.681 mph) (world speed record for piston powered seaplane)

External links