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

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: 740 km/h (460 mph; 400 kn) at 7,000 m (22,966 ft)
• Cruise speed: 595 km/h (370 mph; 321 kn)
• Stall speed: 105 km/h (65 mph; 57 kn)
• Range: 1,150 km (715 mi; 621 nmi)
• Combat range: 575 km (357 mi; 310 nmi)
• Ferry range: 2,300 km (1,429 mi; 1,242 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 13,000 m (43,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 24.8 m/s (4,880 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 6,000 m (19,685 ft) in 4 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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