The Caproni-Campini Ca.183bis was an Italian projected high-altitude fighter intended to
have both piston and jet propulsion.
Design and development
The Ca.183bis was intended to have a
Daimler-Benz DB 605
The Daimler-Benz DB 605 is a German aircraft engine built during World War II. Developed from the DB 601, the DB 605 was used from 1942 to 1945 in the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter, and the Bf 110 and Me 210C heavy fighters.
The DB 610, a p ...
in the nose driving a six-bladed contra-rotating propeller, augmented by a secondary piston engine behind the cockpit driving a
Campini compressor, expected to furnish a boost from jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of with a range of . One 20 mm or 30 mm cannon was to be in the propeller hub with four more 20 mm cannon in the wings. Weight was to be .
The prototype was 80% complete by the time of the armistice. After Mussolini
escaped from captivity with German help and became the nominal leader of the
Italian Social Republic
The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...
in September 1943, Italian work continued on the prototype. However, various attacks against military structures slowed the development and the prototype was probably destroyed in 1944.
Specifications (Daimler-Benz DB605)
See also
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Caproni aircraft, Ca.183bis
1940s Italian fighter aircraft