sentences:  The new Isotta Fraschini Asso 750 engine produced 50% more power, which allowed a maximum take-off weight of with a maximum speed of , while the range was .For those times, these were respectable performance figures for a single-engine aircraft.The SM.62 was one of the first Italian racing- and world-record attempting aircraft, competing in the 1926 New-York to Buenos Aires air-race and the air-race in northern Europe, in addition to setting the speed records of averaged over in 1926 – later augmented to – and the world records flying while carrying , and finally 100 km (60 mi) and with .