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The Magni Vale PM-3-4 was an Italian civil
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
for use as a tourer or
aerobatic
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...
trainer designed and built by
Piero Magni-Aviazione in Milan.
Design and development
The Vale was a sleek single-seat
parasol wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
braced monoplane powered by a
Farina T.58 radial engine.
An improved variant, the Supervale PM-4-1 had a
Fiat A.54
The Fiat A.54 was a seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine developed in Italy in the 1930s as a powerplant for aircraft. Amongst others, it powered the Ambrosini SAI.1 and SAI.2 racing aircraft.
Applications
* Ambrosini SAI.1
* Ambrosini SAI ...
engine.
The start of the second world war halted design and development by the company.
Variants
;Vale PM-3-4
:Powered by a
Farina T.58 radial engine.
[
;Supervale PM-4-1
:Powered by a ]Fiat A.54
The Fiat A.54 was a seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine developed in Italy in the 1930s as a powerplant for aircraft. Amongst others, it powered the Ambrosini SAI.1 and SAI.2 racing aircraft.
Applications
* Ambrosini SAI.1
* Ambrosini SAI ...
engine.
Specifications (Vale)
Performance figures calculated
References
Notes
Bibliography
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1930s Italian civil utility aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft