Caproni Ca.25

The Caproni Ca.25 was a single-engine monoplane made by the Italian company Aeronautica Caproni in 1914.

Caproni Ca.25
Role	multipurpose aircraft
Manufacturer	Caproni
Designer	Giovanni Battista Caproni
First flight	1914
Number built	1

Design

The Ca.25 was similar to the Caproni Ca.22 in being of high-wing parasol design, but differed in the installation of the autoresistance system.^[1]

Despite the very modest flight characteristics of a single copy of the aircraft was purchased by the military and was used for test flights.

Specifications

Data from Gli aeroplani Caproni – Studi – Progetti – Realizzazioni 1908–1935,^[1] Aeroplani Caproni – Gianni Caproni ideatore e costruttore di ali italiane^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.67 m (28 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 8.88 m (29 ft 2 in)
• Height: 3.29 m (10 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 19.5 m² (210 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Anzani 6-cyl air-cooled radial piston engine , 30 kW (40 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Endurance: 5 hours