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Savoia-Marchetti S.65



The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was an Italian racing seaplane built for the 1929 Schneider Trophy race.

Design

The S.65 was a single-seat twin-engine floatplane of low-wing monoplane configuration with two floats. Its tailplane was supported by two booms and the floats, which extended well toward the rear of the aircraft. Its two 745-kilowatt (1,000-horsepower) Isotta-Fraschini engines were mounted in tandem, each driving a two-bladed propeller, one in the nose in a tractor configuration and the other at the rear of the fuselage in a pusher configuration.

Operational History

The S.65 was excluded from the 1929 race due to mechanical problems, and Italy was instead represented in the race by one Macchi M.52R and two Macchi M.67 seaplanes.

Tomasso Dal Molin of the Italian Schneider Trophy racing team was killed flying the S.65 during training at Lake Garda in northern Italy in 1930.

Sadly i can't find most of the specifications, if anyone could help me with this it would be much appreciated.

This is what i do have:

General characteristics

Powerplant: 2 × Isotta-Fraschini Asso 750 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 750 kW (1,000 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 644 km/h; 348 kn (400 mph) estimated









This picture seems to have measurements.

[Radoye]

I got this:

Wingspan 10.05 m
Length 8.83 m
Height 2.74 m
Wing area 12.4 m2

Engines 2x Isotta-Fraschini V-12 1050 hp total
Top speed 660 km/h (estimated)

[Asso di Spade - Ace of Spades]

+ 1 !!

[Fresco23]

Yes!

[Typhoon Ib]

from the sticky

you must motivate your request, ie: why you think it should be in the game.

you failed to provide a reason.

I have a hard time seeing this plane in the game, as its operational history is inexistant as far as you provide info.
A) it was banned
B) someone killed himself during test runs.

i conclude that this one never really flew.

I put forth a motion to update and provide proper motivation, or just move this thread to "dump".

[Asso di Spade - Ace of Spades]

I'll give you a reaon:
because it looks cool, it's a seaplane, and it actually flew.
Because in IL-2 we do actually have planes that really NEVER flew (like that horrible looking german propeller-driven vertical take-off and landing thing I can't recall the name), and others that are fruit of the imagination of a japanese cartoon/anime máster....
The Savoia-Marchetti S.65 was at least historical. Someone was killed in it.
It actually flew, and almost participated in a sport event of international renome like the Schneider Trophy.

IMHO it is more than enough to have it in.

Cheers.

[Typhoon Ib]

not YOU... the OP!
the reason must be in the OP by the OP.
and "because its cool" is hardy difficult to add.

This piece will never see the light of day.

[Oscarito]

Certainly most of these "requested" planes will never be done! I think the "Requests" Section has become a kind of data bank on aviation history more than any other thing. In this sense, every contribution is welcome, since guidelines are fulfilled, IMHO...

[account abandoned]

 
Futuristic for that time, I would dare to fly it!
Hope it will be included in the IL2 sim.