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Caproni Ca.183bis
The Caproni-Campini Ca.183bis was a projected high-altitude fighter intended to a 1,250 hp (932 kW) Daimler-Benz DB 605 in the nose driving a six-bladed contra-rotating propeller, augmented by a secondary piston engine behind the cockpit driving a Campini compressor, expected to furnish a 100 km/h (60 mph) boost from jet thrust for an optimistic maximum speed of 740 km/h (460 mph) with a range of 2,000 km (1,200 mi). One 20 mm or 30 mm cannon was to be in the propeller hub with four more 20 mm cannon in the wings. Weight was to be 7,500 kg (16,500 lb).
The Italians already had knowledge of the German jets through their Rome-Berlin pact and worked together at Riva del Garda on advanced jet designs that included a Turboproietti Jet Round Bomb (Italian V-1 type unmanned weapon) and a disc aircraft with two slung turbojets, various rim intakes for another internal engine, a domed canopy, and two canted tailfins. This was discovered only recently after the designer died and the plans were discovered in his apartment. Apparently, this is probably what Mussolini referred to as the "Piastra di Volo" (Flying Plate) design.
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