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

C 36
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Caspar-Werke
Designer	Reinhold Mewes
First flight	1928
Number built	1

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.

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

• Crew: 2
• Length: 11.56 m (37 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in)
• Height: 4.43 m (14 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 49.50 m² (532.8 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,264 kg (4,991 lb)
• Gross weight: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 880 l (230 US gal; 190 imp gal) fuel; 55 l (15 US gal; 12 imp gal) oil, (481 kg (1,060 lb) fuel and oil)
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI 6.0Z 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 490 kW (660 hp) (6.0Z - compression ratio 6.0:1 and Zenith carburettor)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller, 3.92 m (12 ft 10 in) diameter 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in) pitch

Performance

• Maximum speed: 255 km/h (158 mph, 138 kn)
• Cruise speed: 225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn)
• Range: 1,050 km (650 mi, 570 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,360 m (17,590 ft)

References

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 239.

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