Pomilio PE

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name=Pomilio PE


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type=Two-seat armed reconnaissance biplane
manufacturer=Pomilio
designer=
first flight=avyear|1917
introduced=avyear|1917
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primary user=Regia Aeronautica
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number built=545 (PC and PD
1071 (PE)
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variants with their own articles=The Pomilio PE was a First World War Italian armed reconnaissance biplane designed an built by the Pomilio brothers. It was developed from the earlier Pomilio PC and PD.

Development

The Pomilio brothers first armed reconnaissance biplane was the Pomilio PC which appeared in 1917. It was a conventional biplane of mixed construction with a fixed tailskid landing gear. It had two open cockpits in tandem and was powered by a nose-mounted 260hp (194kW) Fiat A.12 engine. It first entered service in 1917 and was found to dangerously instable which led to an improved design the Pomilio PD. The PD had a revised engine cowling and to help with the stability a ventral fin. Production of both the PC and PD was 545 aircraft, mainly PDs.

A further improvement was the Pomilio PE which had a re-designed tail unit with an increase in area of both the fin and tailplane. It was also fitted with a more powerful variant of the Fiat A.12. Changes were made throughout the production run of 1071 aircraft with later aircraft fitted with synchronized forward-firing machine-guns as well as observer's Lewis machine gun.

Variants

;Pomilio PC:Initial production variant;Pomilio PD:Modified production variant with ventral fin, 575 PC and PDs built.;Pomilio PE:Improved production variant with new tail unit and more powerful engine, 1071 built.

Operators

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*Regia Aeronautica

pecifications (PE)

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crew=2 (pilot, observer)
capacity=
length m=8.95
length ft=29
length in=4¼
span m=11.80
span ft=38
span in=8½
height m=3.35
height ft=11
height in=0
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empty weight kg=
empty weight lb=
gross weight kg=1535
gross weight lb=3384

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Fiat A.12bis six-cylinder inline piston engine
eng1 kw= 224
eng1 hp= 300
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max speed kmh=195
max speed mph=121
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endurance h= 3
endurance min= 30
ceiling m=5000
ceiling ft=16,405
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armament1=1 x synchronised forward-firing 8 mm (0.315 in) Revelli machine-gun
armament2=1 or 2 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis machine-gun on Scarff ring in rear cockpit
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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=2759

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