Caspar_C_29

Caspar C 29

Caspar C 29

Type of aircraft

The Caspar C 29 was a 2-seat floatplane mail carrier and reconnaissance developed in Germany, but built by Dansk Aero in Denmark in the mid-1920s.

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Design and development

The C 29 was intended to take part in the 1926 Deutschen Seeflugwettbewerb at Warnemünde, but crashed a few days before the competition.[1]

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 9.98 m (32 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 4.18 m (13 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 47.44 m2 (510.6 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,310 kg (2,888 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Jb V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 280 kW (380 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 175 km/h (109 mph, 94 kn)
  • Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)

References

  1. [1]
    "Caspar C 29". Histaviation.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Caspar C 29". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Moscow. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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