CL-41
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The Canadair CL-41, is a low wing monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage and a T-type tail assembly. It was designed to be a side-by-side trainer for provide elementary jet flight training & other training to an advanced level. It entered service with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF, now CF) as the CT-114 Tutor. Those supplied for Malaysia were built as a ground-attack aircraft.
History
The CL-41 was designed & manufactured by Canadair and first flew in 1960. The production version is designated the CL-41A. The flying controls are manual with spring tabs. The cabin, closed by a bubble-type canopy, can be pressurised to a differential of 3 psi ((0.2 kg/cm²).
The variant of the CL-41 sold to Malaysia is suitable for armament training and can be used for ground attack. It has hard points on the wings that allow the carriage of external stores or drop tanks.
The Canadian variant has two drop-tank mounts on the fuselage, which were added to the design by the RCAF.
One critical area of design was the positioning of the fin. The CL-41 was intended to demonstrate spin recovery. If the fin is too far forward, spin can not be initiated, but if it is too far aft, recovery becomes impossible. Modal tests were done to find the optimum position. The original Tutor prototype had a cruciform tail, which was revised to the T-tail design by removing the portion above the horizontal stabilizer.
An order of twenty aircraft was supplied to the Malaysian Air Force, who named the aircraft CL-41G Tebuan (which means wasp in the malayan language). A total of 212 aircraft were built (including the Malaysian). The Tutor has been used, since 1971, by the RCAF (and later the Canadian Armed Forces) as the aircraft for their formation aerobatic team the Snowbirds, who give many displays and perform the annual flypast on Canada Day.
Specifications for CL-41G
- Power Plant - Pratt & Whitney Canada JT-12 Turbofan Engine
- Span - 36 ft 6 in (11.13m)
- Length - 32 ft 0 in (9.75m)
- Height - 9 ft 3 in (2.81m)
- Take-off Wt - 10000 lb (4535 kg)
- Empty Wt - 5296 lb (2400 kg)
- Max speed (no external stores) - 470 mph (755 km/h)
- Stalling speed - 83 mph (133 km/h)
- Service ceiling - 42000 ft (12800m)
- Range (with external tanks) - 1380 miles (2274 km)
Specifications for CT-114
| Length | 9.75 m |
| Wingspan | 11.13 m |
| Height | 2.84 m |
| Weight | 3,370 kg |
| Power | General Electric J85-CAN-40 turbo jet |
| Speed | 763 km/h |
| Ceiling | 11,850 m |
| Range | 648 km |
| Crew | 2 |
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