I just stumbled across the drawing in the Ali d'Italia book on page 54, upper left corner, showing some kind of - I don't know -baskets hanging under the cupolas. It seems like the gunners could stand in those "baskets" and so could look out of the copulas to operate the guns. Strangely enough, thos...

Talking about the speed, I found the following information in the P.108B manual: Tempo per manovra a terra della torrettea Z2: rotazione in 8'' So, if 8'' means 8 seconds, than it seems pretty fast. For comparison, according to a document about the Martin 250 CE turret (like it was used on the B-26 ...

Thanks for your input. Do you have an idea how the cupolas were manned (regarding the height of about 2 meters between fuselage floor and ceiling)? I couldn't find anything in the photos and drawings that the men could have been standing on. This picute is from the manual, showing the tubes (?) faci...

Hello there. I’m trying to make a 3d-model of the Piaggio P.108B for 3d-printing. I have the very nice Ali d’Italia book, as well as digital scans of a part catalogue “ Piaggio P108B 1a Serie 1941 Bozze (CA462) CN ” (unfortunately no pictures, only text), and the manual Piaggio P108B 2a Serie MM2431...