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T.49 Capstan
	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.

[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 (345 kg)
Gross weight: 1,250 lb (567 kg)

Performance

Maximum speed: 118 mph (190 km/h)
Rate of sink: 155 ft/min (0.79^[1] m/s)

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Slingsby", www.sailplanedirectory.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b Taylor 1969,p.550.

[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.

[edit] External links

Photos of Slingsby Capstan

[sailplane_directory-0] "Slingsby", www.sailplanedirectory.com. Retrieved 21 March 2009.

[Janes_69_p550-1] Taylor 1969,p.550.

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