Piel Beryl

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Piel CP.70 Beryl
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The prototype CP.70 Beryl F-PMEQ at Beynes-Thiverval airfield near Beynes, Yvelines near Paris in August 1965
Role Sport aircraftTemplate:Short description
National origin France
Manufacturer Homebuilt
Designer Claude Piel
First flight ca. 1965
Status in current operation
Primary user private pilot owners

The Piel CP.70 Beryl is a French twin-seat, single-engine sport aircraft designed by Claude Piel. It was first flown in France in the 1960s and marketed for amateur construction.[1][2]

Design and development

Designed by Claude Piel, the Beryl uses the same wing design as the Piel Emeraude but with a new fuselage, exchanging the Emeraude's side-by-side configuration seating for seating in tandem. As originally designed, the aircraft is fitted with fixed, tricycle undercarriage with a steerable nosewheel. Construction throughout is of doped fabric-covered wood.[2][3][4]

An aerobatic version, designated the CP.750 was also developed. This differs from the basic CP.70 in having a reduced wingspan, fixed tailwheel undercarriage and a slightly longer fuselage. It retains the CP.70's wooden wings, but the fuselage is built of welded steel tube and still covered in fabric.[3]

Operational history

The Beryl has been homebuilt by amateur constructors and in 2009 there were still four examples active on the French civil aircraft register. The prototype F-PMEQ, completed in 1965 with tricycle undercarriage, was still active in 2014 modified as a CP.703 with tail-wheel undercarriage. Examples of the design have also been completed in Brazil and the United States.

Variants

CP.70
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Piel Beryl CP.750
CP.750
a CP-70 with 150 hp Lycoming O-320 engine with a reduced wingspan, fixed tailwheel undercarriage, and a slightly longer fuselage.[3]
CP.751
CP-750 with 200 hp Lycoming O-360-A2A engine.[5]

Specifications (CP.70)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.496

General characteristics

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Notes

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  1. ↑ a b Taylor 1989, p.725
  2. ↑ a b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16, page 100. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".
  3. ↑ a b c Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.496
  4. ↑ a b Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12, page 96. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. ↑ "French homebuilts gather at RSA rally" 1981, p.545

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