Breda Ba.100

[Jan den Das]

Hi
Who has any technical and construction details etc. concerning the fighter Breda Ba.100 project?
Jan

 

[MANTUS]

in this thread there is a drawing of three views Breda ba.100
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2559.msg78773.html#msg78773

Ciao Mantus.

 

[Jan den Das]

Thanks Mantus
I hope there is more information in that article in Aerofan.
How can I get the complete article?
Jan

 

[MANTUS]

unfortunately I do not have the article. I did a search and found a list of all index number AeroFan.
The article that interests us must be there for sure.
http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mags/italy/aero_fan.htm

 

[Aviostoria]

Jan, problen whith message for reply.

 

[Hardrada55]

Italian version of the Fw-190A?

 

[Apophenia]

Italian version of the Fw-190A?

Makes me think more of the Caproni Vizzola F.5.

 

[Boogey]

Hi
Who has any technical and construction details etc. concerning the fighter Breda Ba.100 project?
Jan

From Polish monthly " Lotnictwo " 5/2016, article " Unkown figthers of the Regia Aeronautica 1938 -1943 " :
The Breda Ba.100 project designed in years 1938 - 1939 by the designers team of Antonio Parano, 18-cylinder Alfa-Romeo 135 RC.32 Tornado
double wasp radial engine with 1.600 hp of start power and 1.400 hp at 3.200 m., 49,7 l. cylinder capacity, weight 970 kg.

- span ................ 11,50 m ;
- lenght .............. 9,29 m ;
- height .............. 3,30 m ;
- empty weight .... 2.200 kg ;
- max. take-off .... 2.800 kg ;
- max. speed ....... 580 km/h ;
- landing speed .... 116 km/h.

 

[hesham]

Nice Info my dear Boogey.

 

[hesham]

From, Aerei Nella Storia 60.

 

[Alexander severus]

580 km/h nel 1939? Avrebbe dovuto essere adottato velocemente, e dare agli italiani la supremazia aerea

 

[airman]

580 km/h nel 1939? Avrebbe dovuto essere adottato velocemente, e dare agli italiani la supremazia aerea

In teoria: il motore era inaffidabile / In theory: the engine Alfa-Romeo RC 35 was unrealible

 

[Alexander severus]

In teoria: il motore era inaffidabile / In theory: the engine Alfa-Romeo RC 35 was unrealible

Others notions?there isn't a page Wikipedia of Breda ba 100,for example

 

[Apophenia]

Others notions?there isn't a page Wikipedia of Breda ba 100,for example

Only in the Polish Wikipedia: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda_Ba.100

That page is based on the same Lotnictwo article quoted by Boogey[/i] in reply #8, above.

There is also an Alternate History page (in Russian) entitled something akin to 'Breda Ba.100 Fighter Project. Italy'. It concludes as follows:

The Breda Ba.100 project was rejected by the DGCA management. The reason for this was that, despite the use of a very powerful Alfa-Romeo 135 RC.32 engine (along with the Avis CO.2) and the highest calculated performance, the flight characteristics of the project did not guarantee it a great qualitative advantage over the fighters of the previous generation. In addition, the contra-rotating propellers with which the engine was to be equipped were still in the development stage.

In conclusion, the Alfa-Romeo 135 RC.32 aircraft engine, for which the Ba.100 was developed, had serious reliability problems. Although many mechanical defects were eliminated during testing, the engine continued to suffer from overheating and vibrations, which were so severe that it was rejected. Approximately 150 engines were manufactured by 1944, none of which were installed in operational combat aircraft.