AVIS C.4

The AVIS C.4 was a 1940s Italian liaison aircraft designed by Ugo Abate and built by Avio Industrie Stabiensi (AVIS) for an Italian Air Force requirement for a liaison aircraft with a similar role to the Fieseler Fi 156.[1]

C.4
Role Liaison Monoplane
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Avio Industrie Stabiensi (AVIS)
Designer Ugo Abate
First flight 1940
Number built 1

First flown in June 1940 the low-wing monoplane was in competition with the IMAM Ro.63 and Caproni GDL, but the results of test flights were not satisfactory and only one C.4 was built of the six originally ordered.[1]

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.96 m (45 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 28 m2 (300 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 826 kg (1,821 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,329 kg (2,930 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hirth HM.508D air-cooled, eight-cylinder, inverted-V piston engine, 210 kW (280 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References
  1. de Toni, Adriano. "Caproni AV.I.S. C.4" (in Portuguese). Brazil: www.deadlybirds.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
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