Savoia-Marchetti S.55
VFRMSFS 2024
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A twin-hull flying boat: the pilots sit in the thick wing centre section, with two engines in tandem above it. The Santa Maria and the Jahú crossed the South Atlantic in 1927, and Balbo led 24 S.55X to Chicago in 1933.
Units
Performance
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Savoia-Marchetti
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Piston
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 1926
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Weights and capacity
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 8,260 kg
- Empty weight
- 5,750 kg
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Water
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 16.5 mWingspan 24 mHeight 5 m
- Length
- 16.5 m
- Wingspan
- 24 m
- Height
- 5 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.8 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.8 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Savoia-Marchetti S.55Length 16.5 m
- Dornier Do J WalLength 17.25 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VSOStall, landing configurationStall speed with gear and full flaps down. Bottom of the white arc.
- 57 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 in the simulator
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