Basic information
| Manufacturer | RS Models |
| Product code | RSM92267 |
| Weight: | 0.10 kg |
| Ean: | 8594183912677 |
| Scale | 1:72 |
| Added to catalog on: | 6.13.2022 |
| Tags: | Ambrosini-SAI.207 |
The SAI.207 was developed from the Ambrosini SAI.7 racing and sporting monoplane after the light fighter concept had been proven with the Ambrosini SAI.107 prototype.
3 decal variants:
1. SAI 207 - MM 8431, seventh production machine
2. SAI 207 - MM 8433, in nothern Italy with German insignia
3. SAI 207 - MM 8436 of the 3 Sormo at Cervateri in Summer 1943
Steffanuti designed the aircraft to have a lightweight structure and light armament to allow lower-powered engines to be used, without unduly reducing performance. The first of three prototypes was completed and flown in the Autumn of 1940 as the sole SAI.107, which was a minimum change fighter development of the SAI.7, with identical dimensions, apart from length, at 8.02 m (26.31 ft) and the 402.7 kW (540 hp) Isotta-Fraschini Gamma engine. Weighing only 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) the Sai.107 reached a speed of 563 km/h (350 mph) in trials held at the Guidonia research establishment and manoeuvrability proved to be excellent. The SAI.107 was lost, along with pilot Arturo Ferrarin, in a crash on 18 July 1941.
The Ambrosini SAI.207 was an Italian light fighter aircraft from the Second World War in a wooden low wing structure, covered with canvas and plywood. The drive was provided by a single engine Isotta-Fraschini Delta with a power of 750 hp. The flight of the prototype took place in 1941 - the machine entered only pre-series production. The deck armament consisted of two 12.7 mm BREDA-Safat machine guns.
Ambrosini SAI.207 was created as a far-reaching development of the SAI.7 sports plane. It places particular emphasis on the lowest possible production costs, good maneuverability, especially at low altitudes, and high top speed. However, the machine also had disadvantages: poor climbing speed, delicate construction that made it difficult to mount small arms with a caliber greater than 12.7 mm, and underdeveloped insulation of the wooden structure, which was not resistant to rain. After field tests and marginal combat use against Allied bombing raids, Ambrosini SAI.207 did not enter mass production.
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