Cloudcraft Phantom

A single-seat high performance sailplane designed by Roger Dickson, the Phantom featured conventional wooden construction, all-moving tailplane.

The wing section was the R.A.F.34 modified, semi-cantilever wing, with one strut on each side. No flaps or airbrakes were fitted. The undercarriage was a main skid and tail skid.

The prototype first flew on 11 June 1931, at Dunstable. The 1931 price was £300, ex-works.

The Phantom sailplane was designed and built by the company but this just about exhausted all the financial resources, and after the last advertisement had appeared in the 17 July 1931 issue of ‘Sailplane and Glider’ magazine the Cloudcraft Glider Co was declarad bankrupt.

Wingspan: 15.54 m / 51 ft 0 in
Length: 7.62 m / 25 ft 0 in
Wing area: 18.58 sq.m / 200 sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 13
Empty weight: 112.03 kg / 247 lb
AUW: 184.61 kg / 407 lb
Wing loading: 9.95 kg/sq.m / 2.04 lb/sq.ft
Max L/D: 26
Seats: 1

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