Piel Pinocchio II

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The '''Piel CP.90 Pinocchio II''' was a single-seat, single-engine aerobatic sport aircraft developed in France and marketed for homebuilding.<ref name="JAE">Taylor 1989, p.725</ref> The design was based on that of Piel's Emeraude<ref name="JAWA 77">''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78'', p.496</ref> and was unrelated to Piel's first design named Pinocchio, the CP.10 and indirectly to the second, the CP.20. It was a cantilever, low-wing monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tailwheel undercarriage.<ref name="JAWA 77"/> Construction was of wood throughout.<ref name="JAWA 77"/><ref name="Rivet 43">Rivet 1988, p.43</ref>

Although Piel commenced work on the design in 1965,<ref name="JAWA 85">''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86'', p.558</ref> the first example did not fly until 1986.<ref name="Rivet 43"/>

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78'', p.496–97 |prime units? = met |crew=One pilot |length m=6.00 |length ft=19 |length in=8 |span m=7.20 |span ft=23 |span in=8 |height m=1.80 |height ft=5 |height in=11 |wing area sqm=9.7 |wing area sqft=104 |empty weight kg=335 |empty weight lb=738 |gross weight kg=460 |gross weight lb=1,010 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental O-200 |eng1 kw=75 |eng1 hp=100 |max speed kmh=260 |max speed mph=160 |range km=550 |range miles=340 |ceiling m=6,000 |ceiling ft=19,700 |climb rate ms=8.0 |climb rate ftmin=1,600 }}

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==References== * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78 |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London }} * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86 |url=https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi8586shar |url-access=registration |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London }} * {{cite journal |last=Rivet |first=Gilles |title=Le CP 90 Pinocchio II |journal=Aviation & Pilot Privé |issue=168 |date=15 January 1988 |pages=42–44 }} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |isbn= 0-7106-0710-5 }}

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