Piel Emeraude
The Piel CP -30 Emeraude ( Emerald dt ) is a sports aircraft of the French designer Claude Piel.
History
The Emeraude was in competition with the Jodel D11 as simple and inexpensive sport aircraft. The first flight of the equipped with a Continental A65 boxer engine with 48 kW prototype F- WFVY took place on 19 June 1954. The later production model had changed except rudders and wings mostly the stronger Continental C90- 12F engine with 70 kW. The most frequently built version of CP- 301A received instead of a side -opening canopy a full view sliding hood, what visibility is considerably improved. In Germany the aircraft on October 1, 1958 were approved and produced for example by Schempp- Hirth and Binder Aviatik under license. It was built next to it in the UK and South Africa. The CP- 301E version followed in 1961 and was equipped with the more powerful Rolls-Royce turn Continental O -200 -A with 74 kW.
Construction
The Emeraude is a two-seat low-wing monoplane with fixed landing tailwheel in timber construction. In the wide fuselage, the seats are installed side by side and equipped with a dual control. The elliptical wing with NACA 23012 profile are with flaps, landing gear equipped with shock absorbers.
Use
The machine, with its flying capacity came as school, sports and tow plane for gliders used.
Versions
- 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 of Rousseau with verschiebarer cockpit canopy and other modifications (23 built )
- CP- 301C - version of Scintex with a round cockpit canopy and a modified fuselage, wings and tail (84 built )
- CP- 301S - Schempp Hirth version of verschiebarer with cockpit canopy, dorsal fin and other changes (25 built )
- CP- 320A - CP -320 with swept tail fin