Macchi M.E. 72 AMP kit

[Dave Ward]

I had a good mate who loved the Lancia’s great looking very responsive just never expect to get where your going

My Uncle had a Lancia Beta - it was one of those that Lancia bought back, he said it started rusting, as soon as he drove it off the forecourt. I had a chance to see some Italian engineering, I looked at a new Ducati Desmo in a showroom ( my mate had dragged me in ) - it looked good from a distance, but when you looked closely at the welding on the frame, they were bird sh*t welds, looked like something a beginner would produce, not something you expect to see on a high priced superbike!
Dave

 

[Jakko]

he said it started rusting, as soon as he drove it off the forecourt.

IIRC, the general opinion around here was that they already started to rust in the catalogue

 

[adt70hk]

Definitely something different Simon. And it's looking very good indeed!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[simontie]

I should have mentioned it the engine‘s blew up a lot till a British engineer pointed out the ram air issue !!!
simple air intake problem..

 

[Andy the Sheep]

yes I read up about it, I think the Fiat V24 cylinder engine took up most of the fuselage, engine bay to cockpit was aluminium and the rest was timber still holds the record for a piston powered seaplane @440 mph or 710 ish kph that was back in October 1934. some interesting reading in this link
simon

23 October 1934 | This Day in Aviation

www.thisdayinaviation.com

The V24 engine was, in fact, 2 V12 engines coupled one in front of the other so that one was moving one 2-blades propeller clockwise and the other moving the other 2-blades propeller counterclockwise.
The solution led to two results:

• a drastic reduction of the props torque without introducing a real counter rotating prop (probably a too sophisticated solution for that era) with the consequent ease of control without a too large rudder
• reach the requested power output without designing and producing a 24 cylinder engine (probably another too difficult engineering problem for FIAT capabilities at that time).

Now I will shut my Capt. Slow mouth and let you enjoy the model.

 

[minitnkr]

It was still beautiful. I spent a couple hours trying to get a good peddle on a 60s Fiat roadster I was restoring, when the boss came over to see what the delay was. I told him & he laughed & said "it's fine, they're all like that". Lesson learned. I stuck to British cars, Saabs & Volvos mostly after that.

 

[simontie]

Well im calling done link below for finished item

Macchi Castoldi M.C. 72 AMP KIT

Good kit from a non aircraft builder but i do feel the urge for more kit went together well me being the only issue, I should have planned the painting better but all in i’m please with the out come any comments welcome simon

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