Cap 232
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| Type: | Aerobatic plane |
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| Manufacturer: |
Auguste Mudry |
| First flight: |
April 1996 |
The Cap 232 is an aerobatic aircraft that was developed by the French Auguste Mudry . After its bankruptcy in 1996, the aircraft was taken over by Akrotech Europe , whereupon the company renamed itself CAP Aviation in 1999 . The Cap 232 was also used in the Red Bull Air Race . It is a single-seater with a wooden fuselage, carbon fiber blades and a three-bladed propeller. The starting point for the development of the CAP-232 was the Piel CP-30 Emeraude in the 1960s. This was followed by the CAP-10, CAP-20, CAP-21, CAP-230, CAP-231 and CAP-231EX as their predecessors. The first flight of the CAP-232 took place in April 1996.
It is used u. a. from the Moroccan aerobatic team Marche Verte .
Technical specifications
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.75 m
- Wingspan : 7.4 m
- Wing area: 10.2 m²
- Height: 1.9 m
- Empty weight: 590 kg
- Max. Takeoff weight: 820 kg
- Engine: Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5D with 224 kW
- Roll rate : 420 ° / s
- Rate of climb: 18 m / s
- G limits: + 10 / -10
- Top speed: 350 km / h
- Landing speed: 120 km / h
- Range: 1200 km
Web links
Commons : Mudry CAP 232 - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Type certification of the CAP 20 series - EASA-TCDS-A.369 (PDF; 437 kB)
- Internet presence of the company CAP Aviation
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=32
- ↑ CAP 232 Air-Race data sheet ( Memento from August 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )