Macchi L.2

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type=Biplane flying boat
manufacturer=Macchi
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developed from=Macchi L.1
variants with their own articles=The Macchi L.2 was an Italian biplane flying boats developed from the earlier Macchi L.1 itself a copy of a captured Austrian Lohner flying boat.

Development

In attempt to improve the performance of the L.1 flying-boat Macchi the design was improved with a reduced span on the swept biplane wings and more powerful 160hp (119kW) Isotta-Fraschini V.4B engine. The L.2 was a three-bay unequal-span biplane flying boat with a two-man crew in side-by-side cockpits. Powered by a single Isotta-Fraschini engine strut mounted between the two wings and driving a pusher propeller. It was armed with a single machine-gun on a trainable mounting and could also carry four light bombs. Ten L.2s were delivered to Italian Navy but they were soon replaced by the newer Macchi L.3

Operators

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*Italian Navy

pecifications (L.2)

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*List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

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*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=|pages= 2392