Fiat CR.43

[Pepe Rezende]

Does anyone have any detail about it?

Cheers

Pepe

 

[airman]

but a development of fiat cr.42 Falco ?

 

[Skybolt]

Improbable. Could be an evolution of the R.23, but I'm speculating. Rosatelli's later designs are mysterious.

 

[Pepe Rezende]

Any images of R.23?

 

[Skybolt]

Yes, this evening, if someone doesn't beat me...

 

[Pepe Rezende]

I allways imagine CR.43 as a monoplane version of the CR.42. The fuselage was a very clean design for its time, cleaner than the G.50 and MC.200 fuselages.

Pepe

 

[Skybolt]

Yes, but w/o the second wing the wing load would go through the roof, and Italian pilots were very keen of low wingloads (the Italian air-to-air combat style of early war was strictly acrobatic). That's the reason why Italy insisted with biplanes so late.

 

[Vahe Demirjian]

Any images of R.23?

Images of the Fiat R.23 design are available at this thread:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/fiat-r-23-twin-engine-fighter-monoplane-project-an-italian-zerst%C3%B6rer.6520/