The CAP 20 is a single seat derivative of the CAP 10.

The CAP 20A is a single seat derivative of the CAP 10 with a no dihedral wing and lengthened landing gear.

The CAP 20B is a modified CAP 20A with new wings and larger ailerons.

The CAP 20L is a shorter airplane than its predecessor, the 20, and it seems to benefit from a much increased rudder area. Lightened for competition (hence the L designation, for leger), the CAP 20L also has a new wing design.

Aucklander Ivan Mudrovcich, a retired automotive engineer, has spent the past 10 years building a replica of the Canterbury farmer’s controversial aircraft, which some say pre-dated the first flight of the Wright brothers in December 1903.

The fuel has to be mixed from kerosene, ethanol and paraffin to replicate what was used more than 100 years ago.
“Richard Pearse had to go to the chemist to buy his fuel,” said Mr Mudrovcich. Once it has started, its running time is short and the engine gets dangerously hot. “We’ve had eight minutes out of it. We have a rule after it has run that we don’t go near it for a quarter of an hour,” he said.

When not in use, the dismantled aircraft is stored at home. “I keep it in the garage at home. I also keep parts of it under the bed, in the living room, everywhere,” he said.
The replica takes up most of a small hangar at Hood Aerodrome and consists of an engine on a wooden tricycle undercarriage. The 13m wingspan is made of bamboo and steel tubes covered with linen. It is registered as a microlight and has a licence number, ZK-RPT. Whether it can actually fly is unknown.

“We haven’t explored its capabilities and we are reluctant to fly it here. We will be firing it up and maybe taxiing it,” said pilot Neville Hay. “Never fly higher than you can jump.”

Serial: 002

The Votec 252T is a side-by side seat single engine kitbuilt light-sport development of MSW’s earlier tandem seat Votec 322 aircraft. The prototype, powered by a modified Lycoming IO-540-J3A5 flat-six engine, marries the wooden wings and empennage to a new, carbon fibre fuselage, though a carbon fibre wing is under development. All flying surfaces are straight tapered and square tipped, the wing low mounted and the tailplane located on the upper fuselage; the rudder extends down to the keel. The ailerons are balanced with external spades.

The Votec 252T has a cabin over the wing, with baggage space behind the seat, under a single piece canopy. It has a fixed tricycle undercarriage with fuselage mounted cantilever legs and with speed fairings on all wheels. The nosewheel casters; there is a small tailskid for rudder protection.

Designed by MSW Aviation and built by Wassmer Aviation in Switzerland, the first prototype flew on 26 June 2009, by October 2011 only the first prototype had flown. A second prototype with a 260 kW (350 hp) Lycoming AEIO-580 engine, redesignated the Votec 352T, was under development but had not flown by October 2011.

252T
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-540-X, 190 kW (250 hp)
Propellers: 4-bladed MT-Propeller MTV-14 constant speed, 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) diameter
Length: 6.75 m (22 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 11.28 sq.m (121.4 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 5.3
Empty weight: 630 kg (1,389 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Fuel capacity: 166 kg / 365 lb / 240 lt
Cruising speed: 306 km/h (190 mph; 165 kn)
Stall speed: 106 km/h (66 mph; 57 kn)
Never exceed speed: 433 km/h (269 mph; 234 kn)
Range: 1,398 km (869 mi; 755 nmi)
g limits: +8/-8
Rate of climb: 17.8 m/s (3,500 ft/min) maximum from sea level
Landing and take-off runs: 300 m
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger

After 3 ½ years in the workshop of MSW Aviation AG in Wohlen came the first designs for the new kit airplane. A goal was to build in Switzerland an aerobatic aircraft. The prototype HB-YJY first flew on 6 April 2001 in Buochs, Switzerland. After 1 ½ years, the intensive test flight phase was completed without any incidents in November 2002.

On 9 April 2003 the second VOTEC 322 was completed, HB-YLA SN003. The airplane was built in approx. 12 months. Technically the airplane was revised and optimized, which led to that the machine approx. 30 kg lighter than the prototype YJY. HB-YLA was introduced to the public at the AERO 03 in Friedrichshafen.

The VOTEC 322 performs on the level of the Sukhoi and Cap. Weighing approximately 650 kg, it is powered by a 330 HP Lycoming engine. The maximum speed is 400 km/h. Accelerations of 10 G’s are problem-free in the ergonomic cabin layout for the pilot, with a cruising speed of 300 km/h and a range by approx. 1000 km. The span is 7,30 m.

The airplane was available in kit form for home building building.