Breda Ba.27

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name=Ba.27


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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Breda
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first flight= 1933
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primary user=Chinese Nationalist Air Force
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number built= 14
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The Breda Ba.27 was a fighter plane produced in Italy in the 1930s and used by the Chinese Nationalist Air Force in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Design and development

The Ba.27 was a low-wing braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. As originally designed, the Ba.27 had a fuselage of steel tube construction skinned with light, corrugated alloy metal and wooden wings and tailplane. Evaluation of the two prototypes by the Regia Aeronautica in 1933 was strongly negative, resulting in an extensive redesign of the aircraft. The fuselage shape was made more rounded and the pilot's open cockpit was moved higher and more forward to improve visibility. The corrugated skinning was also replaced with smooth sheet.

A prototype of this revised version, known as the "Metallico", was first flown in June 1934, but Regia Aeronautica appraisal was little more positive.

Operational history

Despite the lack of domestic interest, the type was ordered by the Republic of China to use against the Japan. Out of 18 machines ordered, only 11 were actually delivered.

Variants

;Ba.27:Initial variant prototype, 2 built.

;Ba.27 "Metallico":Second improved version, 12 built.

Operators

;China as ROC

*Chinese Nationalist Air Force received 11 aircraft.

pecifications (Metallico)

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crew=One pilot
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length m=7.67
length ft=25
length in=2
span m=10.80
span ft=35
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height m=3.40
height ft=11
height in=2
wing area sqm=18.9
wing area sqft=203
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empty weight kg=1,320
empty weight lb=2,910
gross weight kg=1,850
gross weight lb=4,078
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eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Alfa Romeo licence-built Bristol Mercury IVA radial engine
eng1 kw= 403
eng1 hp= 540
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max speed kmh=380
max speed mph=236
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range km=750
range miles=466
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ceiling m=9,000
ceiling ft=29,530
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climb rate ms=11.1
climb rate ftmin=2,180
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns
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References

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External links

*ru icon [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww2/ba27.html Breda Ba.27]
*it [http://www.ilvolo.net/scat_aer_ita_breda27.htm Breda Ba.27]

ee also

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* ← Ba.19 - Ba.25 - Ba.26 - Ba.27 - Ba.28 - Ba.32 - Ba.33 →

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