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aircraft, there would be a more advanced Beechcraft ready and waiting for his next stage of progress,” Henry said. Sales projections for the 1963 model year called for delivery of up to 1,000 units.
The Musketeer was designed and developed at the factory in Wichita, Kansas, and the team was led by engineer John I. Elliott. The airframe made extensive use of the company’s subcontractor experience with truss-grid, honeycomb core construction that had been used to build flight controls surfaces for the Convair F-106 jet fighter. The Model 23’s wing featured a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) 632A415 laminar-flow airfoil.
The cantilever wing’s dihedral was set at slightly more than six degrees, while the angle of incidence varied from three degrees at the root to one degree at the wingtip. Fuel capacity was 60 gallons. A single, extruded aluminum alloy main spar was located at 50 percent of the wing chord. The aluminum alloy skin and stringers were bonded to the ribs from the spar forward, but aft of the spar conventional rivets were used. No trim tabs were installed, but the one-piece, counter-balanced stabilator did feature a full-span, anti-servo tab. Manually operated, corrugated flaps were installed, along with corrugated, slotted ailerons. All primary flight controls were activated by steel cables under tension.
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