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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 ...
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.
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]
An S10 was flown by Klaus Ohlmann as a pure glider for a record distance of 2,463 km (1,530 mi) , in a 14-hour flight. Two examples were used by the United States Air Force Academy between 1995 and 2002 under the designation TG-11A. In December 2017, the Colombian Air Force received two Stemme S10 VTs for training purposes. [4]
The AmEagle American Eaglet was a highly unorthodox ultralight sailplane marketed in the U.S. for homebuilding. It was a one-seat, high-wing braced monoplane that carried an inverted V-tail on a long boom extending from a pod-like fuselage. Intended for self-launching, it was equipped with a McCulloch go-kart engine and a folding propeller ...
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.
The ASH 26 is an 18 metre Class glider, built of modern fibre reinforced composites.It first flew in 1993. It is manufactured by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.The 'H' indicates this is a design of Martin Heide.
The DG-800 was planned primarily as a powered self-launching sailplane.In the meantime it has spawned many variants, differentiated by the type of powerplant (Rotax, Midwest or Solo), the span extensions (15 metre, 18 metre, both in variants with or without winglets), maximum allowed take-off mass, etc.