The Aviation Historian — Issue 21 (October 2017)

Regia Aeronautica AQVArtwork by Angelo Brioschi

Fixed-undercarriage variant

Retractable-undercarriage variant

A

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

E

F

F

G

G

H

H

J

J

K

K

L

L M N P Q R

M

N

P

QR

The scale drawings presented below are based on the original drawings of the The scale drawings presented below are based on the original drawings of the^111 ⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄⁄ 8888 th-scale th-scale
AQV model tested in the Guidonia windtunnels during 1937, the originals having been traced
by the late Angelo Brioschi, courtesy Paolo Waldis. The drawings of the model, which had
a fuselage length of 93·8cm (3ft 1in), show both fixed and retractable undercarriage variants a fuselage length of 93·8cm (3ft 1in), show both fixed and retractable undercarriage variants
and exhibit marked differences from the aircraft as ultimately built.