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Gliders are generally sold as unused car bodies, but a second-hand car may also be stripped of its powertrain and sold as a glider. The purpose of such a vehicle is to be used as a base for a non-standard powertrain, to create a novel variation of a conventional vehicle, custom car , exotic vehicle, or homemade electric vehicle conversion .
The D-model (Nimbus-3D) is the two-seater version. There is also a self-launched two-seat version (Nimbus-3DM) and a two-seat sustainer version (Nimbus-3DT). The first flight of the D-model was in May 1986. The Nimbus-3 was succeeded by the Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4.
The company identified that there was demand from private owners and especially clubs and commercial operations for a simple, rugged single seat glider with greater performance than the 1-26. [3] In service the 1-34 has proven to be a popular club aircraft and ideal for the completion of badge flights. If a greater number of 1-34s had been ...
L'Arsenal (France) - resin, 3D-printed Leoman Brothers (USA) - ceased production of limited run resin kits upon death of company principle LF Models (Czech Republic) - resin
The Schweizer SGS 2-33 is an American two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, training glider that was built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York. [1] [2] [3] The 2-33 was designed to replace the Schweizer 2-22, from which it was derived. The aircraft first flew in 1965 and production was started in 1967. Production was completed in 1981. [1 ...
The 2-32 was designed to be the highest performance two-place glider available, when it first flew in 1962. The 2-32 has been used as a tourist glider, trainer, cross-country and high-altitude sailplane and has set many US and world records. A total of 87 aircraft were completed. [1] [3] [4] [5]
A new factory at Bielsko produced a modified version of PW-5 glider called B1-PW-5. [1] Because its cost was comparable to the cost of the older Club class gliders of higher performance it did not sell as well as expected and the World class competitions were not very popular as well. In total fewer than 200 PW-5s have been built, though over ...
The HP-14 is a Richard Schreder-designed all-metal glider aircraft that was offered as a kit for homebuilding during the 1960s and 1970s. [1] It was originally developed by retrofitting improved wings to the fuselage and tail of the HP-13, and first flew in 1966. [2] Schreder won the 1966 US national soaring championship in the prototype HP-14. [3]