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   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reggiane into Aces High"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>Main</b>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VOTE RE2005!"><U>VOTE RE2005!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Technical description "><U>Technical description </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RE2005 in action"><U>RE2005 in action</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drawings"><U>Drawings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RE2005 Gallery "><U>RE2005 Gallery </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Data Sources"><U>Data Sources</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reggiane Aircrafts"><U>Reggiane Aircrafts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other NEW aircrafts"><U>Other NEW aircrafts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="12" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="520" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#330099" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 237 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06cbde70.jpg" border=0 width="445" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Reggiane Re 2005 was defined by many as "the most beautiful fighter of the axis".</b></div> <div> <B>In fact,the Sagittario was a really beautiful airplane, with a clean and fascinating shape,but moreover it had exceptional flying charaterisics ,very powerful armament and exceptional handling.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was "</b><I><B>the </b></I><B>fighter" but it was limited by a slow production during the war, also due to the american bombing runs over the Reggiane factory.</b></div> <div> <B>However the Re 2005 could fight in the most difficult and important scenario of the Italian war ,giving evidence to its good qualities.</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> Main data</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="623" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="139"><div> Engine</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> One 1,475 hp Daimler-Benz DB 605A-1 V-12 inline liquid-cooled piston<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Verdana" ><I>.</I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 75 ><NOBR><div> Dimensions: </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> Span: 36 ft 1 in / 11 m. </div> <div> Length: 28 ft 7 3/4 in / 8.73 m. </div> <div> Height: 10 ft 4 in / 3.15 m. </div> <div> Wing area: 219.58 sq ft / 20.4 m2. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="139"><div> Weights: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> Empty: 5,732 lb / 2,600 kg. </div> <div> Maximum: 7,960 lb / 3,610 kg. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="139"><div> Max speed: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><bR> <div>  390.5 mph at 22,800 ft / 628.5 kph at  6,950 m</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Cruise speed: </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> 320 mph / 515 kph </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="139"><div> climb rate: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> Time to </div> <div>   6,560 ft / 2,000 m: 1 min 55 sec </div> <div>                    13,120 ft / 4000 m: 4 min 28 sec</div> <div>                    19,685 ft / 6,000 m: 6 min 33 sec</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Max dive speed</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> 582 mph /988 kph </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Service ceiling:</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><div> 37,730 ft / 11,500 m </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="139"><div> Range: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div>  1600 miles / 1000 km with 3 drop tanks   (int. fuel only: 646 miles)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 245 WIDTH="139"><div> Armament: </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="469"><bR> <div> Two 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns with 350 rounds each in upper engine cowling. </div> <div> One 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon with 150 rounds firing through propellor hub. </div> <div> Two 20 mm Mauser MG 151 cannon with 200 rounds each in wings. </div> <div> Up to 2,200 lb / 1,000 kg bomb or fuel tank under fuselage. </div> <div> Two wing hardpoints for 353 lb / 160 kg of bombs.</div> <div> Or three droptanks,  a single central 240 liter tank and two 100 liter wing tanks. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> They said of it:</div> <bR> <div> General Vittorio Minguzzi (RE2005 top ace with 6 victories):</div> <div> "all the series 5 fighters (Macchi 205,Fiat G55 and Re 2005) were competitive with the best allies fighters.The Re 2005 in particular is the best in handling".</div> <div> "I longly flew  Spitfires after the armistice* and i can say without any doubt that Re2005 was equal if not superior to them in tight turns dogfight"  </div> <div> *Spit mkV and mkIX in service with Cobeligerent Italian Airforce  </div> <bR> <div> Tullio De Prato (most celebrated italian test pilot):<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#C0C0C0" FACE="Book Antiqua" > "The Re2005 diving abilities were astonishing, it could achieve a speed of more than 900 kph in few seconds."</FONT></div> <div> "I was very pleased to note that even with this armamentt it retained the  turning characteristics of the prototype, wich were registered as equal to the Re2001 and mc200"   </div> <bR> <div> EW Bridges of 93 Squadron RAF (whose Spitfire mkVIII was shot down by a RE2005): :<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#C0C0C0" FACE="Book Antiqua" > "I tried to shake the fighter from my tail: sharp climbing turn, split S, violent downward spyral, no way. I saw tracers running around my head all the time, felt hits several times. 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