Piel CP-80
| CP.80 |
| Role |
Racing aircraft |
| National origin |
France |
| Manufacturer |
homebuilt |
| Designer |
Claude Piel |
| First flight |
ca. 1974 |
The Piel CP.80and Piel CP.801 are racing aircraft developed in France in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding.[1] They are compact, single-seat, single-engine monoplanes with low, cantilever wings.[2][3] The pilots sit in fully enclosed cockpits and the tailwheel undercarriages are fixed.[2][3] Although designed to be built of wood,[3] the first CP.80 to fly (registered F-PTXL and named Zef) was built from composite materials by Pierre Calvel and beat even the designer's own CP.80 into the air.[2] Calvel's CP-80 was entered in the French Formula One air races in 1976, but failed to qualify.[4]
Variants
- Piel CP.80
- Piel CP.801
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.496
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Length: 5.30 m (17 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 6.0 m (19 ft 9 in)
- Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 6.2 m2 (67 ft2)
- Empty weight: 260 kg (570 lb)
- Gross weight: 380 kg (840 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-8F, 67 kW (90 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 310 km/h (190 mph)
- Range: 450 km (280 miles)
- Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)
- Rate of climb: 12.0 m/s (2,360 ft/min)
Notes
- ^ Taylor 1989, p.725
- ^ a b c Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.496
- ^ a b c Markowski 1979, p.256
- ^ Taylor 1976, p. 262
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