Fouga CM.8

CM.8
Role High-performance sailplane
Manufacturer Fouga
Designer Robert Castello
First flight June 1949

The Fouga CM.8 or Castel-Mauboussin CM.8 was a French sailplane of the 1950s, most notable in retrospect due to its place in the development of the Fouga Magister jet trainer. The CM.8 was a single-seat aircraft of conventional sailplane design and designed for aerobatics. Two prototypes were built: the CM.8/13, with a 13-metre wingspan and a conventional empennage, and the CM.8/15 with a 15-metre wingspan and a V-tail.

The pleasing performance of these aircraft led to experiments with mounting a small turbojet on the dorsal fuselage, exhausting between the tail fins. The first of these flew on 14 July 1949, powered by a Turboméca Piméné. Designated the CM.8R this combined the 13-metre wing of the CM.8/13 with the tail of the CM.8/15. Two examples were built, and as experiments progressed in the 1950s, they were fitted with increasingly powerful engines, and increasingly shorter wingspans. A twin-fuselage example was also built as the CM.88 as an engine testbed

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Variants

Castel-Mauboussin CM.8
Castel-Mauboussin CM.8 Acro
Castel-Mauboussin CM.8/13
Castel-Mauboussin CM-8/13 Sylphe démotorisé
Castel-Mauboussin CM-08R13 Cyclone
Castel-Mauboussin CM-08R13 Sylphe II
Castel-Mauboussin CM-08R13 Sylphe III
Castel-Mauboussin CM-08R9.8 Cyclope
Castel-Mauboussin CM.8/15

Specifications (CM.8/13)

General characteristics

Performance

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