Piaggio P.6

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name=Piaggio P.6


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type=Catapult-launched reconnaissance float plane
manufacturer=Piaggio
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first flight=1927
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primary user=Italian Navy
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number built=15 (P.6ter)
variants with their own articles=The Piaggio P.6 was an Italian catapult-launched reconnaissance float plane designed and built by Piaggio for the Italian Navy.

Development

To meet an Italian Navy requirement for a two-seat catapult-launched seaplane Piaggio produced two designs. The first designated the P.6bis was a small biplane flying boat powered by a 260hp (194kW) Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine driving a pusher propeller. The second design designated the P.6 was a floatplane with one large central float and two stabilising floats at the wingtips and a nose mounted A.20 engine. Both aircraft had the same biplane wing structure with rigid strut bracing and both were armed with a single machine-gun (the flying-boat's in the bow and the floatplane's in the rear cockpit). In 1928 the P.6ter was produced based on the P.6 floatplane with the engine boosted to 410hp (306kW). A production run of 15 aircraft was produced for the Italian Navy where it had an unremarkable career being used on battleships and cruisers.

Variants

;P.6bis:Prototype flying boat.;P.6:Prototype floatplane.;P.6ter:Production floatplane, 15 built.

Operators

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*"Regia Marina"

pecifications (P.6ter)

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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=2700