Ambrosini SAI.10

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name=SAI.10 Grifone


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type=Military trainer
manufacturer=Ambrosini
designer=Camillo Silvia
first flight=1939
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The Ambrosini SAI.10 "Grifone" was a military trainer aircraft produced in small numbers for the Italian Regia Aeronautica early in World War II. With the approach of war, the Ministero dell' Aeronautica began a programme to increase the number of pilots available, and ordered a prototype primary trainer from Ambrosini. This aircraft, a parasol monoplane of mixed construction, first flew on July 8 1939 with Guiliano Ferrari at the controls. A production batch of 50 was ordered, but this was quickly reduced to just 10 machines, all of which were delivered in 1940.

Production aircraft differed by having a Fiat A.50 radial engine in place of the prototype's CNA D. Other engine fits that were trialled included an example with a Siemens-Halske Sh 14, and one with an Alfa Romeo 110; this latter machine designated SAI.11. Another experimental development that did not enter production was a float-equipped SAI.10 Gabbiano.

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crew=two, pilot and instructor
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length m=6.5
length ft=21
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span m=10.30
span ft=33
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height m=2.1
height ft=6
height in=11
wing area sqm=14.3
wing area sqft=154
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empty weight kg=400
empty weight lb=880
gross weight kg=625
gross weight lb=1,380

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max speed kmh=182
max speed mph=113
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range km=400
range miles=250
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ceiling m=4,900
ceiling ft=16,100
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