Pablo Castaibert’s monoplane 1910-I was modelled on the Santos-Dumont Demoiselle. Fitted with a 35 hp Anzani, it was not able to fly. It is claimed that the machine would not fly because of a balance problem that could not be resolved after several modifications although it was probably also due to the absence of flight experience by Castaibert himself. At the end of 1910 Castaibert saw a Blériot flying which prompted him to switch designs resulting in his rather more successful series of monoplanes.
The Castaibert series of monoplane aeroplanes were designed and built by Pablo (Paul) Castaibert, a Frenchman living in Argentina, in the years before and during World War I. His designs were inspired by aircraft he had seen in France.
Castaibert built about 20 machines of several types between 1910 and 1916 when he gave up the business.
Established at Sao Paulo, Brasil; developed Casmuniz 52, first all-metal twin built in Brazil. Designed for short-field, limited- maintenance operations, with two Continental E185 engines. The four/five-seat Casmuniz 52 was first flown in April 1952 and subsequently taken over for flight test and production by Oficina de Mantencao e Recuperacao de Avioes Ltda.
The cassutt 111 M Sport Racer was designed as a Formula 1 racing aircraft by Tom Cassutt, an airline pilot, built in 1954, and is mid-wing. The Cassutt is a single place, full cantilever, high performance aircraft. It is fully aerobatic and meets the specifications for competitive racing, “G” loading, safety characteristics and visibility.
The airframe is basically a welded chrome moly steel tube structure, the fin being built integral with the fuselage. Similarly, the full span ailerons, tailplane, rudder and elevators are welded steel tube and fabric covered members. The area of the cockpit is skinned with aluminium alloy sheet or molded fiberglass cowlings from the cockpit forward. A sheet metal spine decking rounds off the sharp apex of the fuselage behind the cockpit.
The wing is one piece of constant chord and incorporates 18 built up ribs spruce, 3 ply laminated main spar, solid leading edge and rear spar and covered with a 45 degree bias ply skin. Truss ribs are built of spruce with skins comprised of four sheets of 3 ply plywood. The ultimate load factor is +-12g. The undercarriage consists of a spring steel one piece main gear bolted to the fuselage with four bolts and a steerable tailwheel. A 9 Imp gallon fuel tank is located behind the firewall. Full span ailerons driven by two push rods within the fuselage. Stabilizer and elevator are one piece tube assembly. Stabilizer mounts to longeron with four bolts and elevator mounts to stabilizer with three hinges. The length, height and width of the canopy and cockpit can be altered as desired during construction as required to fit the builder.
As part of a scheme to introduce this kind of air racing in Britain, Airmark Ltd built in 1969 their first Airmark/ Cassutt 111 M. Powered by a 95 hp RollsRoyce/Continental engine it has a maximum level speed of 196 mph (315 km/h).
Powered by the Continental 0-200, 100 H.P. engine, it cruises at 185-200 MPH at approximately 6 gallons per hour.
IIIM Engine: 1 x Continental C-95, 95 hp. Wing span: 14 ft 0 in (4.54 m). Length: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m). Height: 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m). Max TO wt: 830 lb (376 kg). Max level speed: 207 mph (333 kph).
Sport Model Engine Continental 0-200, 100 hp Wing span 17 foot Wing cord 54 inch Wing area 76.5 sq.ft Wing loading 11.1 lbs/sq ft. Fuselage length 16 feet Overall height 4 feet Cockpit length 4 ft 6 in Fuel capacity 15 USgallons Range 450 miles Empty weight 500 lbs Gross Weight 850 lbs Stall speed 65 mph Climb rate 2000 ft/min G load limit 7 G load ultimate 11 Top speed 200 mph plus Cruising speed 190 mph plus fully aerobatic.
Engine: Continental O-200 Wing span: 4.57 m Wing area: 6.28 sq.m MAUW: 400 kg Empty weight: 250 kg Fuel capacity: 53 lt Max speed: 440 kph Cruise speed: 300 kph Minimum speed: 105 kph Climb rate: 12.5 m/s Seats: 1 Plan price (1998): $125 Kit price (1998): $11,850
The Cassutt Formula One racer and sports plane is a little midwing that commonly wrings 200 mph plus out of 85-hp engines. This speedy ship performs well using either Continental, Lycoming or Volkswagen engines. Its construction uses a welded steel-tube fuselage, wood wings and flat spring-steel landing gear. Professionally designed for racing, aerobatics and sport use, the Cassutt is stress¬ed to l2Gs.
Gross Wt. 800 lb. Empty Wt. 500 lb. Fuel capacity 15 USG. Wingspan 15 ft 0 in. Length 16 ft. Engine 85-hp Continental Top speed 235 mph. Cruise 180 mph. Stall 62 mph Climb rate 2000 fpm. Takeoff run 600 ft. Landing roll 525 ft. Range 600 nm
