| CP.80 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A CP.801 | |
| Role | Racing aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | homebuilt |
| Designer | Claude Piel |
| First flight | ca. 1974 |
The Piel CP.80 Zephir (or Zef), Piel CP.801 and Piel CP.802 are racing aircraft developed in France in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. [1] They are compact, single-seat, single-engine monoplanes with low, cantilever wings. [2] [3]
The pilots sit in fully enclosed cockpits and the tailwheel undercarriages are fixed. [2] [3] [4] Although designed to be built of wood, [3] the first CP.80 to fly (registered F-PTXL and named Zef) was built from composite materials by Pierre Calvel and beat even the designer's own CP.80 into the air. [2] Calvel's CP-80 was entered in the French Formula One air races in 1976, but failed to qualify. [5]
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