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It is of the FAI type DU Class glider. It is sold by Alisport ready-to-fly or kit-built as pure glider or self-launching glider. [1] The self-launching version is fitted with a single-blade propeller belt-driven by a two-stroke engine. One Silent 2, two Silent 2 electrics and 25 Silent 2 Self-Launch models had been completed and flown by the ...
The highly modified version, the Alisport Silent Club-J is a self-launching aerobatic jet motor glider shown on the U.S. airshow circuit and all over the world by Bob Carlton. [2] It is powered by twin AMT-USA AT-450 jet engines (200 N (45 Lbf) of thrust each) originally developed for radio-controlled aircraft. [3]
The Pipistrel Taurus is a Slovenian self-launched two-seat microlight glider designed and built by Pipistrel. [2] [3] [4]The Taurus Electro was announced in 2007, and entered into service in 2011, becoming the first electric 2-seat aircraft in serial production available on the market.
On 1 September 2003, USAF Captain Brock Vaughn flew his kit-built self-launch Silent Club sailplane for the first time. On 22 November 2003 the first test flights of a jet-powered Silent Club sailplane were conducted. Powered by twin AMT USA engines, the 12m Silent easily self-launched with acceptable take-off distance and good climb rate.
Production sailplane ASK 21 Mi Self-launching sailplane, as ASK 21 with a retractable IAE R50-AA rotary engine with a fixed pitch propeller mounted behind the wing. Vanguard TX.1 The ASK-21 acquired by the UK Ministry of Defence for use by the Air Cadet organisations. ASK 21B Improved version of the original ASK 21.
Development of the AC-7M was started in 2002, it was first flown in 2005 and by 2006 two prototypes had been completed. [1] [3]The AC-7M is a conventional self-launching sailplane, but is equipped with a more powerful retractable pusher configuration Hirth F30A25A 77.2 kW (104 hp) two stroke engine than is normal in these types, allowing it to be also used as a glider tug and as touring motor ...
ASH25M—a self-launching two-seater glider. Gliders benefit from producing very low drag for any given amount of lift, and this is best achieved with long, thin wings, a slender fuselage and smooth surfaces with an absence of protuberances. Aircraft with these features are able to soar – climb efficiently in rising air produced by thermals ...
The Silent is a conventional composite monoplane glider with a retractable 13 kW (17 hp) electric motor driving a 1.92m propeller. [4]The aircraft was originally marketed with a nickel–cadmium battery pack, but in 2005 this was replaced with a lithium polymer battery system that gives three times the range of the early installation.