Stipa-Caproni

The Stipa-Caproni also generally called the Caproni Stipa was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan.

This is the very first use I’ve seen of photo a Stipa-Caproni in anything other than an aviation pub. GREAT analogy. 5.1
the successful Stipa-Caproni barrel shaped ship, built some time ago in Italy, in that the propellers are not mounted within the tunnel itself and in the curious 2
another attempt by Count Caproni in 1932 with his Stipa-Caproni which was actually a ducted-fan driven by a de Havilland Gipsy III Venturi piston-engine.3
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his Stipa-Caproni experimental aircraft, a ducted-fan design of 1932, was the first aircraft to employ what he called an "intubed propeller" - essentially the motorjet principle - and that he therefore 5

Made by Caproni.

Stipa-Caproni Flying Barrel (take-off footage only) (1 min 41 sec) Reply With Quote Old Apr 30, 2009, 08:32 AM * #3 6
Stipa-Caproni of 1932.7
The prototype, named the Stipa-Caproni, first flew on October 7, 1932.8
think of from the 1930's is the Stipa-Caproni and that was a ducted propeller design.9
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
299.71999999999997
Designer
Luigi Stipa
Length Alt
589.28
Power Alt
90.0
More Performance
68 km-h
Max Speed Alt
81 mph
81mph
Type Of Prop
inline piston engine
Max Speed Main
131.0
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Span Main
14.28 m
Height Main
3 m
Primary user
Italy
Span Alt
1427.48
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Number Of Propellers Per Engine
1
Engine(prop)
de Havilland Gipsy III
Propeller Or Rotor
propeller
Manufacturer
Caproni
First Flight
1932-10-07
Loaded Weight Alt
1760.0
Loaded Weight Main
800.0
Propellers
1
Number Of Props
1
Length Main
5.88 m
Power Main
120 hp
Category
Caproni aircraft
Ducted fan-powered aircraft
Italian experimental aircraft 1930-1939

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