Slingsby Capstan
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| T.49 Capstan | |
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| Slingsby T.49 Capstan in 1966 | |
| Role | Sailplane |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd |
| First flight | 1961 |
| Number built | 34 |
The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle. It is a high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, the last two-seat wooden glider built by Slingsby,[1] intended for both training and general club flying. Side-by-side seats for the two pilots are accommodated in an enclosed cockpit with a one-piece perspex canopy. The prototype T.49A first flew in 1961, and it entered production as the T.49B in 1963.[2] Thirty-four Capstans were built,[1] one of which was fitted with an auxiliary engine with the designation T.49C Powered Capstan.
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[edit] Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969 [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two
- Length: 26 ft 6 in (8.07 m)
- Wingspan: 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m)
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Wing area: 220 ft2 (20.4 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 13.75
- Wing profile: NACA 633620 at root, NACA 6412 at tip
- Empty weight: 760 lb (357 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,250 lb (567 kg)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 118 mph (190 km/h)
- Maximum glide ratio: 25:1 (manufacturer's estimate)[3]
- Rate of sink: 155 ft/min (0.79[1] m/s)
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- "Two New Sailplanes". Flight International, 31 May 1962.pp. 867—869.
- Taylor, J.W.R (ed.) Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969-70. London:Sampson Low, 1969.
- Slingsby Sailplanes Capstan T49 Handbook, 1963
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