Fiat CR.10

Early Development Efforts

In the mid-1920s, designers at the Fiat company made a series of efforts to improve the flight characteristics of the CR.1 fighter. The main measures involved the installation of new, more powerful engines.

The CR.10 Prototype

The CR.10 represented an attempt to fit a Fiat A 20 twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled engine, rated at 410 hp, onto the CR.1 fuselage. Despite minor changes, the overall fuselage design remained unaltered. The first (and only) prototype took to the air for the first time in 1925.

Testing and Ultimate Failure

Immediately after the comparative tests, it became clear that the CR.10’s performance was inferior to that of the all-metal CR.20. There was an attempt to convert it into a float fighter, the CR.10 Idro, but this also ended unsuccessfully.

Technical Specifications

Modification	CR.10
Wingspan, m	8.95
Length, m	6.16
Height, m	2.40
Wing area, m2	23.00
Empty weight	870
Normal takeoff weight	1185
Engine type	1 Piston engine Fiat A 20
Power, hp	1 x 410
Maximum speed, km/h	300
Cruising speed, km/h	275
Flight endurance, h.min	2.25
Rate of climb, m/min	351
Crew, crew members	1
Armament:	2 forward-firing synchronized 7.7-mm Vickers machine guns

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