The Piaggio P.10 was a 1930s Italian three-seat reconnaissance biplane floatplane produced by Piaggio.^[1]

Design and development

The P.10 was a single-bay biplane which was designed to be catapult launched from Italian Navy battleships and cruisers. It had a single main float supplemented by small floats, one on each wingtip.^[1] The P.10 was powered by a 440 hp (328 kW) licence-built Bristol Jupiter VI radial engine.^[1] The aircraft had three open cockpits, one forward of the wings for the pilot, further aft was a cockpit for a gunner, just in front of the tailplane was the third cockpit for the observer.^[1] A landplane variant, the P.10bis, had a fixed landing gear.^[1]

Specifications (P.10)

Data from ^[1]The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

• Crew: 3 (pilot, gunner and observer)
• Length: 10.27 m (33 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 13.80 m (45 ft 3.25 in)
• Height: 4.27 m (14 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 46.45 m² (500.0 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Jupiter IV radial engine, licence built by Piaggio. , 328 kW (440 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)

Armament

• One 7.62mm (0.3in) machine gun, ring mounted on gunners cockpit.