Caspar C 36

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C 36
RoleReconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Caspar-Werke
Designer Reinhold Mewes
First flight 1928
Number built1

The Caspar C 36 was an aircraft developed in Germany for aerial reconnaissance in the late 1920s.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Aerial reconnaissance military exploration and observation by means of aircraft or other airborne platforms

Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft. This role can fulfil a variety of requirements, including the collection of imagery intelligence, observation of enemy maneuvers and artillery spotting.

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Design and development

The C 36 was a single-bay biplane with staggered, equal-span wings and a 660 hp (490 kW) BMW VI engine. The C 36 was tested in landplane and seaplane forms, but failed to win orders; the sole C 36 (civil registration D-1316) was given to RDL Erprobungsstelle in June 1929, before being decommissioned in early 1932.

Biplane airplane wing configuration with two vertically stacked main flying surfaces

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a similar unbraced or cantilever monoplane wing. Improved structural techniques, better materials and the quest for greater speed made the biplane configuration obsolete for most purposes by the late 1930s.

BMW VI aircraft engine family by BMW

The BMW VI was a water-cooled V-12 aircraft engine built in Germany in the 1920s. It was one of the most important German aero engines in the years leading up to World War II, with thousands built. It was further developed as the BMW VII and BMW IX, although these saw considerably less use. It was also produced in the Soviet Union as the M-17 and Japan as the Kawasaki Ha-9.

Variants

C 36
landplane form with conventional tailskid undercarriage.
C 36W
floatplane form with two large strut mounted floats.

Specifications (C 36W)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. "Caspar C 36". Histaviation.com. 2001-08-11. Retrieved 2019-01-29.

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