{{Short description|American ultralight aircraft}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use American English|date=November 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Capella XS family | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Kit aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[United States]] | manufacturer = [[Capella Aircraft Corporation]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1988 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}
The '''Capella XS''' is a family of [[United States|American]] high wing, [[tractor configuration]], cabin aircraft that were produced in kit form by [[Capella Aircraft]] of [[Austin, Texas]] and intended for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="KitplanesDec1998">Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 40. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 136-7. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>
Capella Aircraft went out of business in late 2007, and the series is no longer in production.
==Design and development== The single seat ''SS'' model was introduced in 1988. All members of the design family were available as optionally [[conventional landing gear]] or [[tricycle gear]]-equipped aircraft.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />
The family of aircraft all share common design features, including an enclosed cabin-style [[fuselage]], [[horizontal stabilizer]] and [[Vertical stabilizer|tail fin]] all constructed of welded [[4130 steel]] tubing. The wing is framed from riveted [[aluminium]] tubing with all surfaces covered in doped [[aircraft fabric]]. The wing includes [[Flap (aircraft)|flaps]] and has an optional folding system for transport and storage.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />
The landing gear arrangement includes sprung-steel main gear and a similarly sprung steerable tail wheel or optional sprung-steel nose wheel.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />
The single-seat SS model was developed into a line of side-by-side two seaters with different engine and fuselage designs.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />
==Variants== ;SS :Single seat cabin light aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|625|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and powered by a {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 447]] or a {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 503]] engine. The fuselage incorporates a rear window. First flown in 1988.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /> ;XS :Two seats in side-by-side configuration cabin light aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|1200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and powered by a {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] engine. The fuselage incorporates a rear window. First flown in 1990.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /> ;XLS :Two seats in side-by-side configuration cabin light aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|1200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and powered by an {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912]] four-stroke engine. The fuselage incorporates a rear window. First flown in 1990.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /> ;XLS Super 100 :Two seats in side-by-side configuration cabin light aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|1270|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and powered by a {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912S]] four-stroke engine. Available in ''TR'' tricycle gear and ''TD'' taildragger models. The fuselage incorporates a rear window.<ref name="Super100">{{cite web|url = http://www.capellakitplanes.com/capella/xstrs.htm |title = Capella XLS Super 100|accessdate = 9 May 2010|last = Capella Aircraft|authorlink = |year = 2004 }}</ref> ;Fastback :Two seats in side-by-side configuration cabin light aircraft with a gross weight of {{convert|1200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and powered by an {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912]] four-stroke engine. First flown in 1995. Fuselage differs from the XS in that the rear window is eliminated and replaced with a high rear [[turtle deck]], rendering the aircraft similar in appearance to a [[Piper J-3 Cub]], [[Aeronca Champ]] or [[Taylorcraft B]].<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />
==Specifications (XS) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Kitplanes and Purdy<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /> |prime units?=imp
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