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CARMAM JP 15-36A Aiglon France

  Societe Anonyme CARMAM was previously known as the Cooperative d'Approvisionnement et de Reparation de Material Aeronautiques de Moulins, and built the Aer-Pegaso M-100S and its two-seater version the M-200 ДальшеMore>>> under licence, as well as manufacturing certain sailplane components for the West German firm of Glasflugel. The Aiglon (Eaglet) was a private venture design by CARMAM's technical directors Robert Jacquet and Jean Pettier, and is a restricted Standard Class sailplane; design work began in September 1971, and the prototype made its first flight on 14 June 1974. Series production began in 1976, the first production JP 15-36A making its first flight on 16 October that year; a version with a retractable monowheel and provision for up to 121lb of water ballast is designated JP 15-36AR, while the Pettier PA 15-34 Kit-Club is a variant intended for homebuilt construction and designed by Jean Pettier. By January 1980 a total of 39 JP 15-36A and JP 15-36AR Aiglons had been sold. The single-seater Aiglon is intended for intensive club use and so special attention has been paid to good flying qualities and safe landing characteristics for not-so-experienced pilots. Construction is of glassfibre, the cantilever mid wing having a single glassfibre spar and a glassfibre/Rohacell/epoxy sandwich skin and steel-tipped wing tip 'salmon' fairings. The ailerons are of plastic and can be operated either differentially or in unison, and there are Schempp-Hirth air brakes on the upper and lower surfaces; for ease of wing rigging the aileron and air brake controls are designed to connect automatically. The semi-monocoque glassfibre fuselage is moulded in two halves and joined at the centreline, a single bulkhead forming the cockpit backrest and a shock-absorbing structure for the monowheel. A large one-piece canopy gives excellent visibility, while both seat and rudder pedals are adjustable in flight: on the JP 15-36A the monowheel s fixed and has a cable brake, and there is also a tail bumper. The swept back fin is integral with the fuselage, and the wooden rudder is fabric-covered, the all-moving tailplane is of plastics construction.
  The Pettier PA 15-34 Kit-Club homebuilt version is essentially the same as the JP 15-36A but with some structural simplification and redesign to make it more suitable for amateur builders; the glassfibre wings are factory-made. Plywood-covered spruce construction of the fuselage and tail unit replaces the Aiglon's more sophisticated glassfibre structure, although the Kit-Club's nose-cone is of glassfibre. The tail boom, rudder and rear part of the tailplane are fabric-covered, and there is a fixed unsprung monowheel, with a cable-operated drum brake on production aircraft. The change to wood construction results in only a slight weight penalty, the maximum weight going up to 926lb, and performance is very similar to the JP 15-36A's. The prototype Kit-Club made its first flight on 6 November 1976, and 12 had been built by December 1979. The Kit-Club is also available in factory-built form from CARMAM.


Data: JP 15-36A
Span: 49 ft 2 1/2 in
Length: 20 ft 3 1/4 in
Height: 4 ft 7 in
Wing area: 114.7 sqft
Aspect ratio: 20.4
Empty weight: 505 lb
Max weight: 860 lb
Max speed: 136 mph (in smooth air)
Max aero-tow speed: 103 mph
Min sinking speed: 2.03 ft/sec at 45 mph
Best glide ratio: 36.9:1 at 50 mph



CARMAM 15-38 France

  This new Standard Class single seater utilises the same wings as the JP 15-36A Aiglon with provision for 220lb of water ballast; these are married to a new fuselage of similar construction to the JP 15-36A, which has a mechanically retractable unsprung monowheel. Instead of the Aiglon's low-set tailplane the 15-38 has a T-tail, with elevator and spring trim. Construction of the 15-38 began in February 1977 and the prototype made its first flight on 17 June 1979.


Data: 15-38
Span: 49 ft 2 1/2 in
Length: 21 ft 11 3/4 in
Height: 4 ft 9 in
Wing area: 118.4 sqft
Aspect ratio: 20.6
Empty weight: 507 lb
Max weight: 970 lb
Max speed: 136 mph (in smooth air)
Max aero-tow speed: 136 mph
Min sinking speed: 1.97 ft/sec at 46.5 mph
Best glide ratio: 38:1 at 62 mph