CVV-6 Canguro

The CVV-6 Canguro (English: Kangaroo) was a high performance two seat glider, designed at Milan Polytechnic University in 1940.

The CVV-6 Canguro was one of a series of gliders designed at the Centro Studi ed Esperienze per il Volo a Vela (CVV) of the Politecnico di Milano between 1934 and 1957.

The rear control surfaces were fabric covered, with a wide chord, rounded rudder extending to the keel and moving in an elevator cut-out.

[2] The prototype Canguro and those built entirely post-war had a rubber sprung skid for landing, which extended aft beyond the cabin; a drop away wheeled dolly was used for take-off.

[1][2] After storm damage this airframe was modified again[1] to take a 1.47 kN (331 lbf) Turbomeca Palas turbojet in place of the rear seat, with a ventral fuselage exhaust below the wing trailing edge.

[6] In 1943 the Italian Air Force ordered six Canguros, to be built by Ambrosini, but received only one before the fall of the Benito Mussolini regime.

[8] In 1954 Mantelli and L. Brighini, flying together, came second at Camphill in Derbyshire, UK;[9] two years later A. Brigliadori and Fanoli could only finish eleventh at Saint-Yan, France.

Canguro fuselage on display at the Museo dell'aria e dello spazio San Pelagio, Due Carrare , Province of Padua .