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Model design by K & W Model Airplanes Inc. |
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Italian industrial capacity was still modest when war commenced. Italy could not supply sufficient numbers of indigenous warplanes. So Italy relied heavily on imported and license-built foreign types.
Obtaining adequate numbers of coastal patrol and convoy escort aircraft posed a particular problem given Italy’s long coastline.
By combining reverse engineering of the Lohner with that gained from license manufacturer of Nieuport scouts, Macchi went on to produce the most successful flying boat fighter of all time, the Macchi M.5. This combined the L’s Lohner-like hull and V4B engine with the graceful sesquiplane wings of a Nieuport 17. The resulting flying boat was fast (117 mph) and maneuverable enough to fight landplanes on almost equal terms.
Early models were armed with the unreliable, 6.5-mm FIAT-Revelli machine gun, but later aircraft substituted a pair of Vickers guns. In 1918, M.5s were starting to be replaced by the Macchi M.7, which standardized on the more powerful V6B engine and introduced a new wing cellule. |
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Available in ARF and RNF. The airplane is packed in a strong 3-ply, custom made carton. |
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Length : 164 cm 65"
Width : 45 cm 18"
Height : 47 cm 19"
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Related Technical Memo sheets: |
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RC-15SW-Focke Wulf FW44, Sweden |
RC-16SW-Macchi M7 Flyingb., Sweden 1920 |
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