The Ambrosini SAI.2S was a four-seat light aircraft produced in Italy shortly before World War II.
| SAI.2S | |
|---|---|
 Operational SAI 2S at Milan (Bresso) Airport in 1965 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Utility aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Ambrosini |
| Designer | |
| Primary user | Private pilot owners |
| History | |
| First flight | 1937 |
Design and construction
editIt was a low-wing, cantilever cabin monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. It first appeared in 1937 and was initially powered by the Alfa Romeo 115-I engine of 185 horsepower (138 kW). At least one example was converted postwar with the de Havilland Gipsy Six Series II of 205 horsepower (153 kW).[1]
The aircraft was primarily of wooden construction, the fuselage being a wooden monocoque and the two-spar wing having a duralumin-covered centre-section built integral with the fuselage and internally reinforced with steel tubes. The wing carried Handley Page slots and split flaps, and dual controls were fitted.[1]
Operation
editThe type was produced in small numbers, for use by private pilot owners. Two examples were operational in 1965. One aircraft was still extant as of 2006[update], and is preserved at the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics at Trento Airport.[2]
Despite the similar designation, this design was unrelated to the earlier SAI.2
Specifications
editData from Italian Civil and Military Aircraft 1930–1945[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Capacity: Three passengers
- Length: 7.77 m (25 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 10.64 m (34 ft 11 in)
- Height: 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 17.9 m2 (193 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 888 kg (1,958 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,417 kg (3,124 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Alfa Romeo 115-I air-cooled inverted straight-six engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 249 km/h (155 mph, 135 kn)
- Cruise speed: 216 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
- Range: 969 km (602 mi, 523 nmi)
References
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- ^ a b Green & Pollinger 1965, p. 83
- ^ Ogden 2006, p. 311
- ^ Thompson 1963, p. 8
- Green, William; Pollinger, Gerald (1965). The Aircraft of the World (3rd ed.). Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd.
- Ogden, Bob (2006). Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe. Air-Britain (Historian) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-375-7.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 57.
- Thompson, Jonathan W. (1963). Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930-1945. USA: Aero Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-8168-6500-0.
