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Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« on: August 22, 2023, 03:06:07 AM »
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2023, 03:06:15 AM »
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2023, 03:10:27 AM »
One I have planned for a while:  A RAF Coastal Command S.79 in this sort of scheme:



The idea being either that Italy joins the Allies in WWII or perhaps the RAF in its urgency to build up prior to WWII acquires some S.79s (after all they did plan on buying some Caproni Ca.313s and Reggiane Re.2000s).
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2023, 03:13:30 AM »
Random idea:  S.79 floatplane
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2023, 05:42:32 AM »
First thing that comes to mind would be to replace the engines in the wings with jets or turboprops & change the nose to a 7.5cm gun or a couple of 3.5cm guns for anti-shipping.

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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2023, 05:52:10 AM »
Random idea:  S.79 floatplane

Maybe a backup design for the CANT Z.506 Airone?

You could start with the twin floats from Ala Littoria's SM.87. That floatplane's SM.75 Marsupiale base airframe was heavier (and bigger) but perhaps that allows for the 'SM.79 idros' weight growth when carrying twin siluri?
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2023, 03:20:59 PM »
I think the SM.79CS variant would be interesting to play with.

It had uprated Piaggio engines and set some records in the pre WWII era. It also was stripped of the dorsal and ventral gun placements.

In the real world, the Junkers Ju-52 was built post-war in France and Spain. What if they opted to produce SM.79s instead and based them off the C model.

The Ju-52 was rather bigger all around, but the SM.79 was a cleaner aircraft aerodynamically with its retracting landing gear and smooth skin.

There could be some interesting re-engining options in that scenario.
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2023, 02:27:09 AM »
And just to be different, let's not forget the twin engined variants such as the Romanian SM.79JRs with twin Junkers Jumo 211 engines:


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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2023, 06:46:45 AM »
... There could be some interesting re-engining options in that scenario.

Hmmm ... mixing this concept with Greg's SM.79JR layout, how about a postwar, twin Merlin-powered SM.79 instead of the CASA 2.111?
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2023, 01:09:23 AM »
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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2023, 01:32:59 AM »
The Lebanese Air Force ordered four SM.79L bomber aircraft in 1946, which were delivered in 1949 and used as military transports. These aircraft appeared in the 1954 war film They Who Dare.


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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2023, 01:40:04 AM »
The Lebanese Air Force ordered four SM.79L bomber aircraft in 1946, which were delivered in 1949 and used as military transports. These aircraft appeared in the 1954 war film They Who Dare.

Indeed - they were attractive aircraft too:



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Re: Savoia Marchetti S.79 Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2023, 03:33:08 AM »
The SM.79CS race aircraft looked cool too:




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