Caspar C 29
| C 29 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft, mail plane |
| Manufacturer | Caspar-Werke |
| Designer | Reinhold Mewes |
| First flight | 1926 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Caspar C 29 was a 2-seat floatplane mail carrier and reconnaissance developed in Germany, but built by Dansk Aero in Denmark in the mid-1920s.
Design and development
[edit]The C 29 was intended to take part in the 1926 Deutschen Seeflugwettbewerb at Warnemünde, but crashed a few days before the competition.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 9.98 m (32 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
- Height: 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 47.44 m2 (510.6 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,310 kg (2,888 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Jb V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 280 kW (380 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Cruise speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
- Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
References
[edit]- ^ "Caspar C 29". Histaviation.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Caspar C 29". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved 26 February 2019.