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Measured figures
L-59E · Length
Single source12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)[source]
CAP 10B · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Aero L-59 Super Albatros | Mudry CAP 10 |
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| Type | Military trainer aircraft COIN[source] | Aerobatic aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody[source] | Avions Mudry & Cie Apex Aircraft Robin Aircraft[source] |
| Status | Out of production, in service[source] | — |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Egyptian Air Force Tunisian Air Force[source] | — |
| Number built |
7.16 m (23 ft 6 in)[source]
CAP 10B · 1 × Lycoming AEIO-360-B2F 4-cylinder air-cooled, horizontally opposed, fuel injected piston engine
Single source1 × Lycoming AEIO-360-B2F 4-cylinder air-cooled, horizontally opposed, fuel injected piston engine , 134 kW (180 hp)[source]
L-59E · 1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan thrust
Single source1 × Lotarev DV-2 turbofan , 21.57 kN (4,850 lbf) thrust[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
80[source] |
300+[source] |
| Manufactured | 1986–1996[source] | 1970-2007 and 2021-[source] |
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| First flight | 30 September 1986[source] | 1968[source] |
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| Developed from | Aero L-39 Albatros[source] | Piel Super Emeraude[source] |
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| Variant | Aero L-159 ALCA[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 1,537 L (406 US gal; 338 imp gal) including tip tanks[source] | 72 L (19 US gal; 16 imp gal) + optional auxiliary tank of 75 L (20 US gal; 16 imp gal) capacity[source] |
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| Stall speed | 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) (flaps down)[source] | 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn) flaps up[source] |
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| Guns | one GSh-23L cannon in under-fuselage pod[source] | — |
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| Hardpoints | four underwing hardpoints with a capacity of inner hardpoints 500 kg (1,100 lb)capacity, outer hardpoints 250 kg (550 lb)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Czechoslovakia[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 26, cell 2; revision 1374778711; retrieved 2026-10-01 | France[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 34, cell 2; revision 1377359948; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Designer | — | Nenad Hrisafović[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | NACA 23012[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 2-bladed Hoffmann fixed pitch wooden propeller[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 344 km/h (214 mph, 186 kn)[source] |
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| g limits | — | +6 -4.5[source] |
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