Castel Yanapour II

The Castel Yanapour II was a training glider built in the late 1929 in France.[1] It was a glider of high-wing monoplane configuration.[2] It was designed by Spanish-born French aeronautical engineer Robert Costello and manufactured by Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine[3][4] Only one plane was built, and it had its maiden journey in 1929, but due to new models being designed, it was dismantled.[5][6]

Castel Yanapour II
General information
ManufacturerDewoitine
Designer
Robert Costello

Specifications

Data from ,[7] J2mcL Planeurs: Castel Yanapour II[8]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 8.02 m (26 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.48 m (40 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 24.00 m2 (258.3 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 6
  • Airfoil: Göttingen 535 at 15% thickness
  • Empty weight: 140 kg (309 lb)
  • Gross weight: 270 kg (595 lb)

Performance

References
  1. "French Aircraft". www.airhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. "Le vol à voile des années 1930"; Vieilles plumes : bulletin officiel de la Commission historique de la Fédération française de vol à voile, n°22, 2010.
  3. Christian Castello, , Toulouse, Éditions Le Lézard, 1994, 330 p. (ISBN 2-907384-91-0), p. 118-119.
  4. aviafrance.com/castel-yanapour-ii-aviation-france-9258.html
  5. "J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. "Vieilles Plumes n°22 - Le vol à voile des années 30Pierre Massenet et l'AVIA -". www.aerostories.org. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  7. "Castel 'Yanapour' II" (in French). Aviafrance.com. 2001-04-28. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  8. "Castel Yanapour II : J2mcL Planeurs - Fiche planeur n°2861". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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