Fouga CM.8
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The Fouga CM.8 or Castel-Mauboussin CM.8 was a French sailplane of the 1950s, most notable in retrospect due to its place in the development of the Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer.
Design and development
The CM.8 was a single-seat aircraft of conventional sailplane design and designed for aerobatics. Two prototypes were built: the CM.8/13, with a 13-metre wingspan and a conventional empennage, and the CM.8/15 with a 15-metre wingspan and a V-tail.
The pleasing performance of these aircraft led to experiments with mounting a small turbojet on the dorsal fuselage, exhausting between the tail fins. The first of these flew on 14 July 1949, powered by a Turbomeca Piméné. Designated the CM.8R this combined the 13-metre wing of the CM.8/13 with the tail of the CM.8/15. Two examples were built, and as experiments progressed in the 1950s, they were fitted with increasingly powerful engines, and increasingly shorter wingspans. A twin-fuselage example was also built as the CM.88 as an engine testbed.
Variants
- Fouga CM.8
- Fouga CM.8 Acro
- Fouga CM.8/13
- Fouga CM.8/15
- Fouga CM.8/13 Sylphe démotorisé
- Fouga CM.8 R13 Cyclone
- Fouga CM.8 R13 Sylphe II
- Fouga CM.8 R13 Sylphe III
- Fouga CM.8 R9.8 Cyclope I
- Fouga CM.8 R9.8 Cyclope II
- Fouga CM.8 R8.3 Midget
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Specifications (CM.8/13)
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General characteristics
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See also
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References
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