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The Peña Capeña is a French aerobatic amateur-built aircraft that was designed by competitive aerobatic pilot Louis Peña of Dax, Landes and made available in the form of plans for amateur construction.[1][2]

Capeña
Role	Aerobatic amateur-built aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Designer	Louis Peña
First flight	24 July 1984
Status	Plans available (2012)
Variants	Peña Bilouis

Design and development

The Capeña features a cantilever low-wing, a single seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]

The Capeña is made from wood. Its 6.8 m (22.3 ft) span wing has an area of 7.65 m² (82.3 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard recommended engines is the 180 to 200 hp (134 to 149 kW) Lycoming AEIO-360 four-stroke powerplant.[1][2]

The aircraft was later developed into the two seat Peña Bilouis.[1][2]

Specifications (Capeña)

Data from Bayerl and Tacke[1][2]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Wingspan: 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 7.65 m² (82.3 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 440 kg (970 lb)
• Gross weight: 580 kg (1,279 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 85 litres (19 imp gal; 22 US gal) in two tanks of 40 litres (8.8 imp gal; 11 US gal) and 45 litres (9.9 imp gal; 12 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-360 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed metal constant speed propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 325 km/h (202 mph, 175 kn)
• Cruise speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
• Stall speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)
• Rate of climb: 15 m/s (3,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 75.8 kg/m² (15.5 lb/sq ft)

References

External links

• Official website

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