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Savoia Marchetti S.55 sea planes featured a cockpit holding the pilot and co pilot in the center wing of the aircraft. The crew of the Savoia Marchetti S.55 rode in the two fuselages which also served as floats for the sea plane.
 
The Savoia Marchetti S.55 was equipped with two in-line back-to-back engines which had counter rotating propellers.  These were located on pylons placed on top of the center section of the wing.  
 
During 1926 the Savoia Marchetti S-55 set fourteen world records including speed, altitude and distance. In February 1927 the Savoia Marchetti S.55 was one of the first airplanes to cross the Atlantic. This was four months before the solo crossing of Charles Lindberg in his Spirit of St. Louis airplane.
 
Eventually 24 Savoia Marchetti S.55 aircraft flying in a single formation crossed the Atlantic in 1933 on their way to an exposition in Chicago, IL.
 
During World War Two the Savoia Marchetti S.55 served in both the Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Forces as a patrol aircraft and a bomber.
 
The Savoia Marchetti S.55 first flew on August 12, 1925 and was deployed in 1926. The last S.55 was retired from service in 1945.
 
A total of 200 Savoia Marchetti S.55 aircraft were produced. 
 

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observation
5 - 6
2- 880 hp ea.
12,680 lbs.
18,210 lbs.
4- 7.7 mm
5,500 lbs.
55'
74' 9"
146 mph
173 mph
1,250 fpm
16,400 feet
2,175 miles
1926
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Airplane from Classic Aero.
 
Radio Control Airplanes:
 
 
The Savoia Marchetti S.55 is an unusual and interesting subject for a RC Airplane.
 
Osark Model Aviation has plans for a 31” Savoia Marchetti S.55 radio control airplane for electric power.
 
Pictured above and below is the 1/16 scale RC Savoia Marchetti S.55 airplane from Classic Aero. The radio control airplane kit has a 58” wing span. Recommended power for the RC Airplane can be a pair of Astro Flight 020 brushless motors. All up weight of the radio control airplane is between 3.5 and 4 lbs.
 
Classic Aero also has a 1/12 scale RC Savoia Marchetti S.55 airplane. Wing span of the radio control airplane is 80”. Power for the RC Airplane comes from two .46 4c engines. All up weight of the 1/12 scale radio control airplane is 10.5 lbs.
 
Have you built a RC Savoia Marchetti S.55 airplane? Do you know of plans, ARF's or kits for a Savoia Marchetti S.55 radio control airplane. Please email us any information you may have about this RC Airplane.  

 
Radio Control Airplane
RC Airplane motors and cockpit area.
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Airplane with engine cowl off.