1:32nd scale Caproni-Pentusi AP-1

[sandbagger]

Hi all,
The MicroMir 1:32nd scale model of the Italian Caproni-Pentusi AP-1 civilian triplane of 1918.

The fully detailed PDF build log of this model can be downloaded from the 'Build Logs' page on my web site.

Mikes WW1 Aircraft Models

Mike

 

[belugawhaleman]

Outstanding build quality and detail! Very interesting subject as well.

 

[DocRob]

A triplane with three cylinders and a lot of rigging, what´s not to like, Mike. I wonder, how flying in this tiny apparatus must have been felt. Fantastic work again Mike and I love the guy sitting by his table.

Cheers Rob

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1 hour ago, DocRob said:

A triplane with three cylinders and a lot of rigging, what´s not to like, Mike. I wonder, how flying in this tiny apparatus must have been felt. Fantastic work again Mike and I love the guy sitting by his table.

Cheers Rob

Hi Doc,

Emilio Pensuti was a test pilot for the Italian company ‘Caproni’ (Società Per Lo Sviluppo in Italia).

During 1918 he designed a small triplane aircraft, which he hoped could be flown by anyone and would become the ‘bicycle of the air’.

Unfortunately, Emilio Pensuti was killed in an unrelated aircraft accident and the maiden flight was delayed.

It wasn’t until the 10th of February 1919 that its first flight took place at Vizzola, piloted by Lt. Lodovico Montegani.

The intention was only to taxi the machine pending its engine tuning.

So, he started with a throttled engine. Halfway down the airfield, because of uneven ground, the machine bounced into the air.

Montegani felt from that jump that the triplane had good lift and was well balanced.

Then, he gave more throttle, pulled the control column, and found himself flying.
On later test flights, Montegani flew for 30 minutes and even longer.

The tiny triplane climbed up to 1000 meters, performed turn, spirals, dives and pull-outs.

After the war the Pensuti family sold the rights to the aircraft design to the ‘Breda’ company.

A second aircraft with a redesigned tail, Anzani 10-cylinder radial engine and other modifications was built at the Breda factory in Milan as the Breda B.1.

The aircraft was registered I-BADZ and it gained the second prize at the Italian low-powered aircraft competition held in the summer of 1920 in Milan.

Mike