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.