Slingsby Capstan

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T.49 Capstan
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Slingsby T.49 Capstan in 1966
Role SailplaneTemplate:Short description
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.

Design and development

The Capstan 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.

Specifications

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Capstan BUR/BGA1248 at the Vintage Glider Rally, Camphill, 2011
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Capstan T49 Polar Curve, from manufacturer's Handbook

Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II[3] and Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969 [2]

General characteristics

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See also

Notes

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  1. a b "Slingsby Script error: No such module "webarchive".", www.sailplanedirectory.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  2. a b Taylor 1969, p.550.
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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

External links

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