__NOTOC__ The Piel CP.500 was a light aircraft of unusual configuration designed in FranceTaylor 1989, p.726 in the 1970s with the intention of marketing it for homebuilding.''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78'', p.497Roskam 1997, p.29 This did not transpire, however, and no prototype was actually built. It was a

tandem wing QAC Quickie Q2 A tandem wing is a wing configuration in which a flying craft or animal has two or more sets of wings set one behind another. All the wings contribute to lift. The tandem wing is distinct from the biplane in which the wings are s ...

design,Gunston 1993, p.238 somewhat reminiscent of the

Mignet Pou-du-Ciel The Flying Flea (french: Pou du Ciel, lit=Louse of the Sky) is a large family of light homebuilt aircraft first flown in 1933. The odd name comes from the French nickname for the Ford Model T automobile: ''Pou de la Route'', or "Louse of the Ro ...

but considerably larger. Also, unlike the Pou-du-Ciel's unusual control system, the CP.500's pitch and roll control was to come from more conventional elevons mounted on the rear wing. The rear wing was also to carry endplate-style fins and rudders. Twin engines were to be mounted in push-pull fashion at the nose and tail ends of the fuselage, with the aircraft capable of single-engine operation in case of emergency. Two seats were to be provided at the front of the fully enclosed cabin, with a bench seat for three passengers behind them, plus an optional seat for a sixth occupant behind this. The undercarriage was to be of fixed, tricycle configuration. Construction was originally planned to be of wood, with engine cowlings and wingtips of composite construction. However, as development progressed, Piel considered metal as the main construction material.

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* * * * {{Piel aircraft 1970s French civil utility aircraft Piel aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Tandem-wing aircraft