Operators Kingdom of Italy Specifications ĭata from Aviation: SIAI racing seaplanes and Japanese Wikipedia SIAI S. However, it does not closely resemble the real S.21. In the Japanese animated film Porco Rosso, the main protagonist's plane is referred to as a Savoia S.21.When Jannello fell ill at the time of the 1921 Schneider Trophy race and was unable to pilot it, the S.21 was withdrawn from the race. Cursed to have the face and body shape of a pig, Porco, when he’s not bounty hunting, spends most of his days reading magazines, drinking wine, and working on his plane. Small stabilizer floats were mounted beneath the lower wing on each side.ĭuring test flights, the S.21 proved extremely difficult to control, and the only pilot who had success with it was Guido Jannello, who had already made an impression at the 1918 Schneider Trophy, in a Savoia S.13. Set in 1930’s, Porco Rosso is a World War I flying Ace who has become a bounty hunter of sea plane pirates.
Its 224 kW (300 hp) Ansaldo San Giorgio 4E-14 engine was mounted on struts above its hull and below its upper wing and drove a four-bladed pusher propeller. The S.21 was a single-seat biplane flying boat with its upper wing being of shorter span that its lower wing.
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