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Capital Machinery Factory Capital 1

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Top speed
  
185 km/h

Length
  
9.502 m

Manufacturer
  
Capital Machinery Factory

Wingspan
  
17 m

First flight
  
September 29, 1958

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.

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Design and development

The late 1950s saw a great leap in capability for the Chinese aviation industry with a wealth of indigeonously 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 strutsand a podlike fuselage terminating in a boom carrying the tail-unit.

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.

Specifications (Capital-1)

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

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)

    • References

    Capital Machinery Factory Capital-1 Wikipedia
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