The Piaggio P.10 was a 1930s
Italian three-seat
reconnaissance biplane
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floatplane
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produced by Piaggio.
Design and development
The P.10 was a single-bay biplane which was designed to be catapult launched from Italian Navy battleships and cruisers. It had a single main float supplemented by small floats, one on each wingtip.
The P.10 was powered by a licence-built
Bristol Jupiter VI
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radial engine.
The aircraft had three open cockpits, one forward of the wings for the pilot, further aft was a cockpit for a gunner, just in front of the tailplane was the third cockpit for the observer.
A landplane variant, the P.10bis, had a fixed landing gear.
Specifications (P.10)
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P.010
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