Caproni Ca.225

what is it?

The Caproni Ca.225 was a twin-engine attack bomber design proposed by Caproni in the mid-1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · 14.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 636 km/htop speed
• size 5,697 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1935

number built

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role

attack bomber

engines

4× Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.42 / metal propellers

crew

2

length

13.3 m

wingspan

14.8 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

5,697 kg

top speed

636 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.