Capital-1 | |
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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]
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]
Data from Chinese Aircraft:China's aviation industry since 1951 [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]
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]
Data from Chinese Aircraft:China's aviation industry since 1951 [1]
General characteristics
Performance
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists List of aircraft