Fiat AS.1

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name=AS.1, AS.2, and TR.1


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type=Touring aircraft
manufacturer=Fiat
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first flight=avyear|1928
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number built=ca. 550
variants with their own articles=The Fiat AS.1 was a light touring aircraft developed in Italy in the late 1920s. It was a basic and conventional design: a parasol-wing monoplane with tailskid undercarriage and seating for two in tandem open cockpits. The type proved extremely popular, and the production run would eventually extend to over 500 machines, with roughly half of these purchased by the Italian Air Force as trainers and liaison aircraft. Construction was of wood throughout, covered by plywood, fabric, and (around the nose) metal. A later development, designated TR.1 featured a metal structure instead.

AS.1s were used successfully in a number of competitions and record-breaking events. In August 1929, they won the team event at Challenge 1929, and in January 1930, an AS.1 piloted by Renato Donati with mechanic Gino Capannini was used to set endurance, distance, and altitude records in its class (29 hr 4 min 14 sec, 2,746.2 km, and 6,782 m respectively). Two years later, Donati used a specially-engined example to set the seaplane altitude record in its class, then swapping wheels for pontoons, went on to set the equivalent landplane record also (7,363 m and 9,282 m). Long-distance feats included flights from Rome to Mogadishu and Vercelli to Tokyo (both by Francis Lombardi and Gino Capannini) and an aerial circumnavigation of Africa (27,600 km in 54 days by Francis Lombardi, Count Lodovico Mazzotti, and Mario Rasini).

Variants

* AS.1 - initial version with Fiat A.50 engine
** AS.1 Idro - floatplane version
** AS.1 Sci - ski-equipped version
* AS.2 - version with strengthened structure and Fiat A.50S engine
* TR.1 - version with metal structure and enclosed cabin

pecifications (AS.1)

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crew=One pilot
capacity=1 passenger
length m=6.10
length ft=20
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span m=10.40
span ft=34
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height m=2.53
height ft=8
height in=4
wing area sqm=17.5
wing area sqft=188
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empty weight kg=450
empty weight lb=990
gross weight kg=690
gross weight lb=1,520
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eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Fiat A.50
eng1 kw= 67
eng1 hp= 90
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max speed kmh=158
max speed mph=98
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range km=1,000
range miles=620
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ceiling m=6,800
ceiling ft=22,310
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