Reggiane Re.2004
{{Short description|Italian proposed fighter-bomber aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
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|name=Reggiane Re.2004 |image=Reggiane Re.2004.png |caption=Re.2004 }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=Fighter-bomber |national origin=Italy |manufacturer=Reggiane |first flight= |number built=1}} |
The Reggiane Re.2004 was an Italian single-engined monoplane made by Reggiane and designed by Roberto Longhi. The aircraft never passed the preliminary stages.
Design and development
The Re.2004 had identical fuselage, wings and other components to the Re.2005. The Re.2004 was powered by an air-cooled Isotta Fraschini Zeta RC 24/60 engine, with 24 cylinders arranged in an X-pattern, producing {{convert|1250|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.
In 1942, a prototype was built, and ten models were ordered; the order was later cancelled due to unresolved engine overheating problems.Alegi, 2001, p.35 However, by this time, the Re.2005 had been completed.
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=
|prime units?=met
|crew=one
|length m=8.35
|span m=11
|height m=3.15
|wing area sqm=20.4
|max takeoff weight kg=3282
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Isotta Fraschini Zeta R.C.24/60
|eng1 type= X-24 air-cooled piston engine
|eng1 hp=1,250
|perfhide=
|max speed kmh=620
|range km=1000
|guns=
- 3 × MG 151/20 cannons
- 2 × 12.7mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns
|bombs={{convert|1000|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} of bombs
}}
References
=Notes=
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last=Alegi|first=Gregory|title=Reggiane Re 2005|publisher=La Bancarella Aeronautica|place=Turin|year=2001|language=Italian}}
- {{cite book|title=The Caproni-Reggiane Fighters, 1938-1945: I Caccia Caproni-Reggiane|last=Prato|first=Piero|year=1968|publisher=Intyrama}}
- {{cite journal|title=Reggiane and I... a Fighter Designer Recalls|last1=Longhi|first1=Roberto |journal=Air Enthusiast Quarterly |date=n.d. |issue=2 |pages=214–224 |issn=0143-5450}}
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