IMAM Ro.5

what is it?

The IMAM Ro.5 was a sport aircraft designed by Alessandro Tonini and produced by IMAM in Italy in the late 1920s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · high wing · 10 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 175 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 680 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1929

number built

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role

sport aircraft

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Meridionali

engines

1× Walter NZ 85 / Fiat A.50

crew

2

length

6.9 m

wingspan

10 m

height

2.2 m

max take-off weight

680 kg

top speed

175 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

4,000 m

wings

high wing

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