Macchi M.14
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Italy |
| Products | Aircraft |
The Macchi M.14 was an Italian fighter aircraft developed in 1918 by Macchi. Marking a departure from the company's earlier focus on flying boat fighters, the M.14 was Macchi's inaugural land-based fighter model.
Design and development
Conceived by Alessandro Tonini, the M.14 featured a single-seat wooden sesquiplane configuration with Warren truss-style interplane struts. It was equipped with two fixed, synchronized 7.7-millimeter (0.303-inch) Vickers machine guns mounted to fire forward through the propeller arc. The aircraft had fixed landing gear with a tailskid and was powered by an 82-kilowatt (110-horsepower) Le Rhône 9J nine-cylinder rotary engine driving a two-bladed tractor propeller.
Operational history
Testing of the M.14 prototype commenced during spring 1918 but ended when the prototype was lost in June of the same year. Subsequently, Macchi produced ten additional units for production, which were subjected to official trials at Guidonia Montecelio in 1919. Although no further orders were placed, these ten machines were utilized as advanced trainers. At least one example transitioned to civilian use, registered under the civil code I-BADG.
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