Fiat CR.20

Fiat CR.20 oli italialainen kaksitasohävittäjä, jota käytettiin 1920–1930-luvuilla. 
Kone oli varustettu nestejäähdytteisellä Fiat A.20 V8 -moottorilla, joka tuotti 410 hevosvoimaa. 

Koneen suosituimpia versioita olivat CR.20 Idro, joka oli vesitaso, ja CR.20 Asso, jossa oli tehokkaampi, 450 hevosvoiman moottori. 

CR.20bis, jota tuotettiin 1930-luvulla, erosi aikaisemmasta mallista lähinnä parannetulla laskutelineellä.

Konetta käytettiin lähinnä toisessa Italian–Etiopian sodassa. Kuusi konetta myytiin Paraguayhin, missä ne osallistuivat Chacon sotaan. Konetyyppi säilyi Regia Aeronautican taitolennoissa ja koulutuskäytössä aina 1930-lukuun saakka.
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The Fiat CR.20 was an Italian biplane fighter used during the 1920s and 1930s. Designed by Celestino Rosatelli, it represented an intermediate step from the early biplane CR.1 and the later, successful series CR.30-CR.32-CR.42.

For the new aircraft, Rosatelli used a traditional sesquiplane configuration. The engine was a water-cooled 306 kW (410 hp) Fiat A.20 V-12 engineer.

Major variants were the CR.20 Idro, a pontoon floatplane, and the CR.20 Asso, using a more powerful (336 kW/450 hp) Isotta-Fraschini engine. CR.20bis, produced from 1930, differed from the original version only for the addition of a more advanced landing gear.

At its peak in 1933, the CR.20 equipped 27 squadrons of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. The aircraft was used against Libyan rebels and in the early stages of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in the attack role. The CR.20s remained in service with the Regia Aeronautica in the aerobatics and training until the 1930s. 

In 1933, Italy sold five CR.20s to Paraguay, which was fighting the Chaco War against Bolivia, these serving as Paraguay's only fighters through to the end of the war.

General characteristics
Crew: One, pilot
Length: 6.70 m (21 ft 11¾ in)
Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 1¾ in)
Height: 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.65 m² (276.1 ft²)
Empty weight: 980 kg (2,160 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,400 kg (3,068 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Fiat A.20, 331 kW (420 hp)
Maximum speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph)
Range: 750 km (460 m)
Endurance: 3 hours
Service ceiling: 7,500 m[5] (24,600 ft)
Climb to 5,000 m (16,400 ft): 13.62 min
Armament: 2 × 7.7 mm (.303 in) machine guns