Piel Emeraude

Emeraude, Super Emeraude, Aeriel

CP301A Emeraude
Role	Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer	Coopavia, SCANOR, SOCA, Rouchaud, Renard, CAARP, Scintex, Aeronasa, Fairtravel, Durban, Garland, homebuilders
Designer	Claude Piel
First flight	19 June 1954

The Piel CP-30 Emeraude is an aircraft designed in France in the mid-1950s and widely built both by factories and homebuilders. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage and side-by-side seating for two. The prototype was designed and built by Claude Piel, who then licenced manufacture of the aircraft to a number of firms, most significantly Coopavia. These early production machines were similar to the prototype, but were fitted with more powerful engines.

The first major revision of the design was the Super Emeraude, designed by Piel while working at Scintex in the early 1960s. This featured a generally strengthened airframe and cleaned-up aerodynamics, allowing it to be certified for aerobatics. Much of Scintex's Super Emeraude production was contracted out to CAARP, where the design eventually served as the basis for the CAP-10.

Emeraudes were also produced in the United Kingdom (by Fairtravel as the Linnet) and in South Africa by Durban as the Aeriel, the first aircraft to be manufactured entirely in that country. The Linnet was modified by the Garland Aircraft Company, formed by P.A.T Garland and D.E. Bianchi, to meet British airworthiness requirements. The first aircraft (G-APNS) was built at White Waltham and first flown on 1 September 1958 by Squadron Leader Neville Duke. Two more aircraft were planned but only one more was built by Garland-Bianchi in 1962. Between 1963 and 1965 three more aircraft were built with 100-hp Rolls Royce Continental O-200-A engines. The last two aircraft had one-piece sliding cockpit canopies.

Variants

CP-30 - prototype with Continental A65 engine (1 built)
CP-301
- CP-301A - initial production version with Continental C90 engine (118 built)
- CP-301B - version by Rousseau with sliding canopy, spatted undercarriage and other refinements (23 built)
- CP-301C - version by Scintex with bubble canopy and revised cowling, wings and tail (84 built)
- CP-301S - version by Schempp Hirth with sliding canopy, dorsal fin, and other refinements (25 built)
CP-304 - homebuilt version with Continental C85 engine
CP-305
CP-308
CP-315 - This version was powered by a 78-kW (105-hp) Potez piston engine. Only one CP-315 was built by Scintex Aviation.
CP-320 - Emeraude fuselage with Super Emeraude wings
- CP-320A - CP-320 with swept fin
CP-321 - CP-320 with Potez engine
CP-323
CP-324 - Emeraude Club with JPX 2100 engine
CP-1310 - Super Emeraude by Scintex with Continental O-200 (23 built)
CP-1315 - Super Emeraude with Potez 4E engine (17 built)
CP-1320 - Super Emeraude with cabin and wings from Piel Diamant design
CP-1330 - Super Emeraude with Lycoming O-235 engine

British production

Garland-Bianchi Linnet - Design based on the Piel Emeraude with 90 hp Continental C-90-14F engine, two built.

Fairtravel Linnet - Further production powered by a 100 hp Rolls Royce Continental O-200-A engines, three built

Specifications (typical CP-301)

General characteristics

Crew: One pilot
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 8.04 m (26 ft 5 in)
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 10.9 m² (117 ft²)
Empty weight: 380 kg (838 lb)
Gross weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90, 67 kW (90 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 205 km/h (127 mph)
Range: 1,000 km (620 miles)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.8 m/s (550 ft/min)

References

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 347, 725.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 585–86.
Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing.
A.J. Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0 370 10010 7, page 308 and 513

External links

Cockpit-picture of a Piel-Emeraude CP305

Aircraft designed by Claude Piel

CP-10 • CP-20 • CP-30 • CP-40 • CP-500 • CP-60 • CP-70 • CP-80 • CP-90 • CP-100 • CP-150