CANT 12

The CANT 12 was a flying boat and training aircraft that was produced in Italy in the 1920s.

Design
The CANT 12 was a traditional center-shaped seaplane for the era. The hull was characterized by an open cockpit in an advanced position that ended posteriorly in a single-headed cruciform fletching and horizontal braced planes. The wing configuration was biplana, with wings of equal size connected to each other by a series of uprights and tie rods, with the lower one equipped with small floating balancers. The propulsion was entrusted to a single Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine, an air-cooled six-cylinder V engine capable of delivering a power of 250 bhp, mounted in a pivotal configuration and connected to a two-bladed wooden propeller fixed.

Development
The CANT 12 was developed in 1926 as a variant of the previous CANT 7. The prototype was built at the Monfalcone shipyard but after flight test results were unsatisfactory and the development program was cancelled.