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| − | + | The Ro.44 is reasonably durable, being able to take a fair amount of machine gun fire before the flight performance is crippled. The large radial engine too, although it is vulnerable to being hit due to its size, tends to keep running even with a fair amount of battle damage. The aircraft has no armour protection for the pilot. | |
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| − | + | The Ro.44 fulfils the role of a dogfighter in battles, boasting fantastic low speed handling (down to as low as 130 km/h) which often gives it the edge in low tier dogfights. It's powerful armament of twin 12.7mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns usually means it can quickly dispose of enemy aircraft. For faster monoplane enemies such as the P-36, P-400 or MiG-3, you'll want to enter the fight with an altitude advantage and convert that to speed, giving you enough time to cripple the enemy aircraft even if they choose to use their speed advantage and extend. | |
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| + | In Simulator battles, the Ro.44 uses an identical cockpit model to the CR.32, meaning there are significant discrepancies between the cockpit model and the actual layout of the aircraft. Strangely, the Italian floatplane also handles terribly in this mode, having a constant pitch up attitude analogous to having full flaps extended on any other aircraft. Combined with having no trim, the Ro.44 is virtually unusable in simulator battles, and also has very poor forward facing visibility (owing to the copy-paste of the CR.32 cockpit) despite the fact that the actual layout of the aircraft should have allowed decent visibility. | ||
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| + | - Fairly slow | ||
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| + | - Radial engine is a large target | ||
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Revision as of 04:37, 14 March 2023
Contents
Description
The Ro.44 is a rank I Italian fighter with a battle rating of 1.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Sky Guardians".
General info
Flight performance
Describe how the aircraft behaves in the air. Speed, manoeuvrability, acceleration and allowable loads - these are the most important characteristics of the vehicle.
| Characteristics | Max speed (km/h at _,___ m) |
Max altitude (metres) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (metres/second) |
Take-off run (metres) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | |||
| Stock | ___ | ___ | 7500 | __._ | __._ | __._ | __._ | ___ |
| Upgraded | ___ | ___ | __._ | __._ | __._ | __._ | ||
Details
| Features | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear |
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Limits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings (km/h) | Gear (km/h) | Flaps (km/h) | Max Static G | |||
| Combat | Take-off | Landing | + | - | ||
| 0 | 400 | ___ | ___ | ___ | ~__ | ~__ |
| Optimal velocities (km/h) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons | Rudder | Elevators | Radiator |
| < ___ | < ___ | < ___ | > ___ |
Survivability and armour
The Ro.44 is reasonably durable, being able to take a fair amount of machine gun fire before the flight performance is crippled. The large radial engine too, although it is vulnerable to being hit due to its size, tends to keep running even with a fair amount of battle damage. The aircraft has no armour protection for the pilot.
Modifications and economy
| Flight performance | Survivability | Weaponry | ||||||||||||||||
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Armaments
Offensive armament
The Ro.44 is armed with:
- 2 x 12.7 mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns, nose-mounted (220 rpg = 440 total)
Usage in battles
The Ro.44 fulfils the role of a dogfighter in battles, boasting fantastic low speed handling (down to as low as 130 km/h) which often gives it the edge in low tier dogfights. It's powerful armament of twin 12.7mm Breda-SAFAT machine guns usually means it can quickly dispose of enemy aircraft. For faster monoplane enemies such as the P-36, P-400 or MiG-3, you'll want to enter the fight with an altitude advantage and convert that to speed, giving you enough time to cripple the enemy aircraft even if they choose to use their speed advantage and extend.
In Simulator battles, the Ro.44 uses an identical cockpit model to the CR.32, meaning there are significant discrepancies between the cockpit model and the actual layout of the aircraft. Strangely, the Italian floatplane also handles terribly in this mode, having a constant pitch up attitude analogous to having full flaps extended on any other aircraft. Combined with having no trim, the Ro.44 is virtually unusable in simulator battles, and also has very poor forward facing visibility (owing to the copy-paste of the CR.32 cockpit) despite the fact that the actual layout of the aircraft should have allowed decent visibility.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Excellent low speed handling
- Reasonably durable
- Acceptable climb rate
- Excellent weaponry, mounted on the centre line
- Good amount of ammunition
Cons:
- Fairly slow
- Radial engine is a large target
- Loses energy rapidly in vertical manoeuvres
- Low dive speed
History
Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the aircraft in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under === In-game description ===, also if applicable).
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the series of the aircraft;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
- topic on the official game forum;
- other literature.
| Italy fighters | |
|---|---|
| Fiat | CR.32 · CR.32 bis · CR.32 quater · CR.42 · Marcolin's C.R.42 CN |
| G.50 serie 2 · G.50 AS serie 7 | |
| G.55 sottoserie 0 · G.55 serie 1 · G.55S · G.56 | |
| Reggiane | Re.2000 G.A. · Re.2000 serie 1 |
| Re.2001 serie 1 · Re.2001 gruppo 22 · Re.2001 CB · Re.2001 CN | |
| Re.2002 Early | |
| Re.2005 serie 0 | |
| Macchi | C. 200 serie 3 · C. 200 serie 7 |
| C. 202 · C. 202D · C. 202EC | |
| C. 205 serie 1 · C. 205 serie 3 · C. 205N2 | |
| IMAM | Ro.44 |
| Foreign: | |
| Germany | ▄Bf 109 G-14/AS |
| USA | ▄P-47D-30 |
| Britain | ▄Spitfire Mk Vb/trop |
| Hungary | ◐Bf 109 F-4 · ◐Bf 109 G-2 · ◔Yak-9P |
| Romania | He 112 B-1/U2 · IAR-81C |
