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Piaggio P.7
The Piaggio P.7, also known as the Piaggio-Pegna P.c.7, was an Italian Air racing, racing seaplane designed and built by Piaggio Aero, Piaggio for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race. Design and development Seeking to avoid the aerodynamic drag induced by floats in seaplanes of floatplane design, Engineer's degree, Ing Giovanni Pegna of the Piaggio Aero, Piaggio company designed a very unusual seaplane to represent Italy in the 1929 Schneider Trophy race. A Cantilever#Aircraft, cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane, known both as the Piaggio P.7 and the Piaggio-Pegna P.c.7, his design floated up to its wings on its long, slender, watertight fuselage with the wings resting on the water, and employed twin high-angle of incidence (aerodynamics), incidence Planing (sailing), hydrofoils to get itself off the water during takeoff runs.Vašiček, Per. ''Aviation History'', September 2002, p. 35. Sources differ on the P.7s engine; it is described both as an Isotta Fraschini Special V6 engine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
