CAP-4 Paulistinha

The CAP- 4 Paulistinha is a two-seat training aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista.

History and construction

The CAP- 4 Paulistinha was a military and civilian training aircraft, which was built in Brazil in the 1930s and 1940s. It was originally built by Empresa Aeronáutica Ypiranga ( EAY ) as unlicensed copy of the Taylor Cub powered by a Salmson 9AD radial engine. External features of the designed as a high-wing aircraft are the abgestrebten and braced wings, two closed tandem seats, a steel tube fuselage with fabric covering and a non- retractable spur wheel chassis.

EAY had built five copies before it was taken over in 1942 by Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista (CAP). CAP continuing the manufacture of the machine, under the name CAP -4.

The plane was very successful, so about 840 pieces for the flying club of Brazil, the Brazilian armed forces and for export to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay and Portugal were produced. In 1943 the production reached its peak, with every day a machine left the production halls.

In 1956, the Aeronáutica Neiva Sociedade acquired the rights to the production and named the aircraft P -56 Paulistinha to. The design served as the basis for an agricultural aircraft, the P -56 Agricola in which a chemical containers made ​​of fiberglass and spray nozzles were installed. From this model, less than 60 copies were built, because it could not prevail against foreign competition with their specially developed for these tasks patterns.

Variants

  • EAY -201 - Original Version with radial engine
  • CAP- 4 - mainly produced model CAP- 4B - ambulance ( two prototypes built )
  • CAP- 4B - artillery observation

Military user

  • Argentina Argentina
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Chile Chile
  • Paraguay Paraguay
  • Portugal
  • Uruguay Uruguay

Specifications

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