Cheppali Cp 120

Cheppali Cp 120
Role	Fighter
National origin	Tennai
Manufacturer	Cheppali
Designer	Lathusa Prithiyanga
First flight	March 1936
Introduction	February 1937
Retired	1948
Status	Retired
Primary user	Royal Tennaiite Air Force
Produced	1936-1947
Number built	15,468

The Cheppali Cp 120 was a Tennaiite Siduri War fighter aircraft design from Cheppali. It served alongside the Cheppali Cp 117 and Nikita N.167.

Variants

• D-1 - Initial production variant with 1175 hp Kamala 1710 engine 2 x 7.93 mm machine guns and 1 x 20 mm cannon.

Operators

• Tennai

Specifications (Cp 1120 D-1)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.60 m (11 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 14.6 m² (157 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 300 kg (660 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Kamala 1710 V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines, 876 kW (1,175 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed constant-speed propellers, 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 670 km/h (416 mph; 362 kn) at 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
• Cruise speed: 552 km/h (343 mph; 298 kn)
• Range: 2,020 km (1,255 mi; 1,091 nmi)
• Combat range: 1,010 km (628 mi; 545 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 7.8 minutes

Armament

• Guns:
  

• 2 × 7.93 mm (0.312 in) Basu HV 80 machine guns in wings
• 1 x 20 mm (0.787 in) Basu FG 20-20 firing through propeller hub

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