The Caproni Campini Ca.183bis was a high altitude fighter using prop and jet thrust. The Ca.183bis had a DB 605 of 1 250 hp in the nose driving two three-blade contra-rotating props with a 700 hp Fiat A.30 radial behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor expected to furnish a 60 mph boost from jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of 460 mph with a range of 1 242 miles. One 20 mm cannon was to be in the prop hub with four more in the wings. Weight was to be 16 538 lb.
Made by Caproni.
It is the successor of the Caproni Campini N.1 .