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__NOTOC__ The Caproni CH.1 was a single-seat biplane fighter, a single example of which was produced as a prototype in Italy in 1935. ==Design== Antonio Chiodi began design work on a new single-seat fighter in 1934 as a private venture of the Caproni company. He designed the Caproni CH.1—"CH" standing for "Chiodi"—an aerodynamically clean single-bay biplane of all-metal construction with fabric skin and wings of equal span. The aircraft had spatted landing gear. The cockpit was enclosed, with a canopy that opened by sliding to the rear.〔Green and Swanborough, p. 108.〕 Chiodi intended the CH.1 to be powered by a Gnome-Rhône 14Kfs Mistral Major 14-cylinder radial engine rated at at 4,750 meters (15,584 feet) but instead the aircraft was constructed with a Piaggio Stella P.IX R.C.40 9-cylinder radial rated at rated at at 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) driving a three-bladed, variable-pitch propeller.〔 The CH.1s proposed armament was two fixed forward-firing 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) Breda-SAFAT machine guns synchronized to fire through the propeller.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caproni CH.1」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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