👍This is what Wikipedia says: “The engine power of the last example was later increased to 3100 hp. With this machine, the pilot Francesco Agello set a world speed record for aircraft at 709.202 km/h (440.678 mph) over Lake Garda on October 23, 1934. It was broken in 1939 by land aircraft (Heinkel He 100 and Messerschmitt Me 209) and only in 1961 by the Beriev Be-10 jet-powered flying boat.”
This in particular is indeed a replica (and not 100% complete yet) but still very accurate and true to the real one. The original is preserved in Italian Air Force Historical Museum. The replica is easier to disassemble for transport and can be exposed to the elements outside without too much headaches about the original getting damaged (here it was displayed in a multiple day event) At the moment the easier detail to tell apart the replica from the original is the incomplete paintjob and (a little harder to spot) the laminar radiators (heat exchagers, the copper/golden striped surfaces). For example the original has 2 stripes painted on each of the sides of the forward fuselage between the radiator on the nose and the cockpit section, one running along the engine exhaust pipes is painted black and a lower one is painted aluminium(like the propellers). Right now the replica has just photographic prints(basically glorified photo-realistic 1:1 stickers) representing the laminar radiators. In the future these will be replaced with composite-resin panels casted into molds obtained directly from the original airplane that will reproduce also their 3d texture, as all the other significant surfaces have been obtained, meaning that the replica is so accurate that even dents/scratches of the original are replicated. When completed it will be even harder to tell them apart, especially without touching
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Wow🎉🎉🎉
Gorgeous
Awesome sea plane. Love the paint!
Now that is a beautiful plane. Something about the lines feels "right"
It flew over 430 mph at sea level...
2 engines counter rotating props. That thing did 453 mph before ww2
Not even close buddy. 300mph
@@adamlannerd1408 wrong, you should look it up
@@adamlannerd1408 I looked it up for you A damn, it holds the record for seaplanes at 440 miles an hour and has hit speeds of 453mph
@@adamlannerd1408 1934 was the year, so you know that was before WWII
👍This is what Wikipedia says: “The engine power of the last example was later increased to 3100 hp. With this machine, the pilot Francesco Agello set a world speed record for aircraft at 709.202 km/h (440.678 mph) over Lake Garda on October 23, 1934. It was broken in 1939 by land aircraft (Heinkel He 100 and Messerschmitt Me 209) and only in 1961 by the Beriev Be-10 jet-powered flying boat.”
Is it real? Come on, give us more!
This in particular is indeed a replica (and not 100% complete yet) but still very accurate and true to the real one.
The original is preserved in Italian Air Force Historical Museum. The replica is easier to disassemble for transport and can be exposed to the elements outside without too much headaches about the original getting damaged (here it was displayed in a multiple day event)
At the moment the easier detail to tell apart the replica from the original is the incomplete paintjob and (a little harder to spot) the laminar radiators (heat exchagers, the copper/golden striped surfaces).
For example the original has 2 stripes painted on each of the sides of the forward fuselage between the radiator on the nose and the cockpit section, one running along the engine exhaust pipes is painted black and a lower one is painted aluminium(like the propellers).
Right now the replica has just photographic prints(basically glorified photo-realistic 1:1 stickers) representing the laminar radiators. In the future these will be replaced with composite-resin panels casted into molds obtained directly from the original airplane that will reproduce also their 3d texture, as all the other significant surfaces have been obtained, meaning that the replica is so accurate that even dents/scratches of the original are replicated. When completed it will be even harder to tell them apart, especially without touching
Looks like a good garden ornament.
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