Fiat CR.30

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name = CR.30
type = Single-seat Fighter biplane
manufacturer = Fiat


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designer =Celestino Rosatelli
first flight = March 1932
introduced =1932
retired =
produced =1932-1935
number built = 176
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primary user = "Regia Aeronautica"
more users = Hungarian Air Force
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variants with their own articles = The Fiat CR.30 was a 1930s Italian single-seat biplane fighter aircraft designed by Celestino Rosatelli and built by Fiat.

Design and development

The Fiat CR.30 was a new design by Celestino Rosatelli for a single-seat fighter. Four prototypes were built with the first flight occurring in March 1932. The CR.30 was a biplane with W-form interplane bracing and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The aircraft was powered by a 600hp (447kW) Fiat A.30 RA Vee piston engine. Two prototypes were entered into an international meeting at Zurich in July 1932 and won the speed circuit contest at average speeds of 340km/h (211 mph) and 330km/h (205 mph). The impressive performance led to orders from the Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) for 121 aircraft.

Two of the prototypes were converted into two-seaters designated CR.30B for use as refresher trainers and liaison aricraft. A large number of single-seaters were converted into two-seaters as they were replaced with more modern equipment. The air force later ordered an additional 20 new-build CR.30Bs. Two aircraft were converted to seaplanes with the designation CR.30 Idro. The aircraft was also operated by other European air forces with the Hungarian Air Force being the largest foreign operator, using two CR.30s from 1936 and one single-seater and 10 CR.30bs from 1938.

Variants

;CR.30:Single-seat production variant.;CR.30B:Two-seat variant.;CR.30 Indro:Seaplane variant.

Operators

;AUT
*Austrian Air Force received both CR.30 and CR.30B aircraft.;ROC
*Chinese Nationalist Air Force ;flag|Germany|Nazi
*"Luftwaffe" operated captured former Austrian aircraft.;flag|Hungary|1940
*Royal Hungarian Air Force ;flag|Italy|1861-state
*"Regia Aeronautica";PAR
*Paraguayan Air Force operated two aircraft from 1937 as aerobatic trainers.;flagicon|Spain|1939 Spanish State
*Spanish Nationalist Air Force operated two CR.30s from 1938.;flag|Venezuela|1930
*Venezuelan Air Force operated one CR.30 from 1938.

pecifications (CR.30)

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empty weight kg=1345
empty weight lb=2965
gross weight kg=1895
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eng1 type=Fiat A.30 RA 12-cylinder Vee piston engine
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range miles=528
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armament1=2 x Breda-SAFAT 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns (synchronised forward firing)
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ee also

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*Fiat CR.32
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References

*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1794