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What was the advantage of the ducted fan?
Back in my seagoing days, our tanker had an operations manager who was an Italian fighter pilot during WWII. He said the machinery was in such poor condition that he was forever grateful for getting shot down and taken prisoner.
A ducted fan airplane https://youtu.be/mQ0ZQesixms
YES!!!! My all time favorite as well Thanx for posting, OR. Great to see the old videos for the first time. Very exciting. Wasn't it 2 v12s? :The rear engine driving the front screw through a hollow crankshaft in the front engine? Might there be any specs somewhere, on that engine? Times a wasting @ 86. R3~
One of the greatest personal aircrafts ever designed, the Falco by Stelio Frati. (yes, also Italian.) The Falco https://youtu.be/yU6v3kyOxzwA plywood aircraft with retractable gear that can do 220mph and is still used by some "Air Forces" in small countries 80 years after being designed.
You’re confusing the Falco and the all metal Frati-designed SF260 which came later, in the 60s, and is still in small volume batch production. The lighter, lower powered Falco is wood but was never used by the military. Both are great planes and very similar looking.
Reminds me of a flying version of Guzzi's wind tunnel.