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ikJust so you know this thread is 17 years old, no problem brining it back to life but some pic and people may be long gone
sushi ball?My favourite lesser know Italian fighter is the Caproni Vizzola F.5. To my eye, there's no better looking single engine radial-powered Italian fighter of WW2.
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Put a meatball on the side and you'd swear we'd found the ideal Italo-Japanese fusion.
Agreed, when it comes to applications using the DB engine the Italians lead in attractiveness.They took the F.5 and made it into the F.6.
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Pretty decent-looking, at least to me. Most Italian machines have good aesthetics, from typewriters to cars to airplanes and more.
They took the F.5 and made it into the F.6.
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Pretty decent-looking, at least to me. Most Italian machines have good aesthetics, from typewriters to cars to airplanes and more.
Fiat 500 is dead in the US.The Fiat 500 auto currently the rage in the Austin area is to my eyes fugly.
It's also a bitch to work on due to the engine orientation, I'm told.
i do agreeFiat 500 is dead in the US.
Fiat 500 discontinued in US for 2020
Everyone who wanted one bought one and now noboby does. They were the Crocs of the car world.
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The FIAT Tipo would have had longer legs in the North American market.I drove 124 for a couple of years. Lots of wrench-time, but at least it was easy to do shade-tree work. It was pretty fugly too.
The FIAT Tipo would have had longer legs in the North American market.
As for aircrsdt, I wonder what Italy would have made had they decided to make the Littorio class as carriers instead of battleships.
Fiat 500 is dead in the US.
Fiat 500 discontinued in US for 2020
Everyone who wanted one bought one and now noboby does. They were the Crocs of the car world.
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Were the turrets remote controlled?Piaggio P.108
Note gun turrets in outer engine nacelles.
Were the turrets remote controlled?
*Edit* From Wiki...
"...
The wing armament consisted of two remote-controlled, hydraulically powered Breda "Z" turrets with 600 rpg in the outer-engine wing nacelles, linked to one of the two cupolas in the fuselage "hump", with an operator in each. The wing turrets represented the most innovative aspect of the P.108's technology.[8]
Although considered a very advanced design, the operational suitability of the wing nacelle turret installations was questionable..."