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CANT 26
The CANT 26 was an unusual product of CANT as it was a landplane instead of the usual seaplane types.
It was a two-seat biplane with tail wheel landing gear and powered by a 60 kW (80 hp) engine.
Only seven examples were built, one of which competed in the Challenge 1929 trials, and another of which was temporarily converted into a seaplane.
One aircraft was registered in Argentina as R-183 and it was later sold to an Italian citizen resident in Paraguay, Nicola Bo in 1932.
He sold it to the Paraguayan Military Air Arm.
It received the serial T-6 and it was used as a liaison aircraft during the Chaco War.
It was destroyed in a fatal accident during the war on May 5, 1933, killing Capt. José D. Jara and Lt. Niemann.
Specifications
Crew
2
Length
7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Wingspan
10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Height
2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
Wing area
26.2 m2 (282 sq ft)
Empty weight
370 kg (816 lb)
Gross weight
650 kg (1,433 lb)
Powerplant
1 × Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 6-cyl air-cooled in-line piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
Propellers
2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed
150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Stall speed
62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn)
Range
810 km (500 mi, 440 nmi)
Service ceiling
3,800 m (12,500 ft)
Wing loading
25 kg/m2 (5.1 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass
0.238 kW/kg (0.145 hp/lb)
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