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Capital Machinery Factory Capital-1

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Capital-1
Role Light transport/utility aircraft
National origin PRC
Manufacturer Capital Machinery Factory[1]
First flight 29 September 1958[1]
Number built 1[1]

The Capital Machinery Factory Capital-1 was a twin-engined monoplane light transport/utility aircraft designed and built in the People's Republic of China at Beijing in the late 1950s.[1][2]

Design and development

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The late 1950s saw a great leap in capability for the Chinese aviation industry with a wealth of indigenously designed aircraft projects, one of which was the Capital-1. The Capital-1 bore a close resemblance to the contemporary Antonov An-14 Ptchelka, being twin-engined, twin-tailed with strut supported monoplane wings and fixed tricycle undercarriage, stub lower wing bracing the undercarriage and wing struts and a podlike fuselage terminating in a boom carrying the tail-unit.[1]

Powered by two 119.3 kW (160 hp) M-11FR engines in helmeted cowlings, the Capital-1 had a mediocre performance with relatively short range and limited payload. Production of the aircraft was not continued past the prototype stage.[1]

Specifications (Capital-1)

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Data from Chinese Aircraft:China's aviation industry since 1951[1]

General characteristics

  • Capacity: 870 kg (1,918.0 lb) payload, (8 passengers with no luggage or 6 passengers with 15 kg (33.1 lb) each).
  • Length: 9.502 m (31 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 16.64 m (54 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.955 m (13 ft 0 in)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,400 kg (5,291 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × M-11FR 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 120 kW (160 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
  • Range: 658 km (409 mi, 355 nmi)

See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists List of aircraft

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Gordon, Yefim; Dmitry Komissarov (2008). Chinese Aircraft:China's aviation industry since 1951. Manchester: Hikoki Publications. ISBN 9-781902-109046.
  2. ^ "Asia's Aviation Industry". Flight International. 26 July 1962. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

References

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  • "Asia's Aviation Industry". Flight International. 26 July 1962. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  • Gordon, Yefim; Dmitry Komissarov (2008). Chinese Aircraft:China's aviation industry since 1951. Manchester: Hikoki Publications. ISBN 9-781902-109046.