Breda Ba.32
# Breda Ba.32

The Breda Ba.32 was an Italian airliner prototype designed and built by the Breda company.

## Design and development

The Breda Ba.32 was a low-wing trimotor monoplane with fixed, spatted main landing gear. It was powered by three Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engines. It had a crew of two, and its cabin could accommodate up to 10 passengers.

The Ba.32 prototype first flew in 1931, but despite displaying good flight characteristics, no production orders ensued and no further examples were built.

## Specifications (Ba.32)

Data from Italian Civil and Military aircraft 1930–1945

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Capacity: 8–11
* Length: 16.749 m (54 ft 11.4 in)
* Wingspan: 26.67 m (87 ft 6 in)
* Height: 4.153 m (13 ft 7.5 in)
* Wing area: 84.97 $m^2$ (914.6 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 3,792 kg (8,360 lb)
* Gross weight: 6,441 kg (14,200 lb)
* Powerplant: 3 × Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 240 kW (320 hp) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 237 km/h (147 mph, 128 kn)
* Cruise speed: 211 km/h (131 mph, 114 kn)
* Stall speed: 93 km/h (58 mph, 50 kn)
* Range: 1,350 km (840 mi, 730 nmi)
* Endurance: 8hrs
* Service ceiling: 5,300 m (17,400 ft)
* Rate of climb: 1.6 m/s (310 ft/min)
* Time to altitude: 16,400 in 52 minutes
