Motor Glider
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February 07, 2024
Electric sailplanes and combustion engine-powered aircraft represent two different approaches to aviation, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Let's delve into the key aspects differentiating these two technologies.
Advantages of Electric Sailplanes
Environmental
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September 08, 2022
There’s no doubt about it, there is a growing popularity of gliders with retractable engines. They come in all sorts, ‘sustainers’ or ‘turbos’, which typically take us towards home with a few hundred feet per minute climb rate through a 2-stroke or jet engine. The other method is the self-launching type, which offers greater independence and convenience than the
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December 13, 2018
Sustainer Engine: FES and Jet
When you run the engine it is often thought of as your flight is over. A few flights ago Sean was flying his 304S JET Shark and decided rather than spending the next hour attempting to get high enough to try and make it home. He tossed in the towel, decided the cold beer could be even closer. Flipped a switch, turned a knob and cruised home burning Jet A. The
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November 08, 2018
When do you shut down or restart your motor?
Motor gliders are great. You take all of the problems and complexity of an airplane then you take the problems and complexity of a glider and put them together... I have been flying a Stemme S10vt since 2000 and no complexity was overlooked.
Flying an ASHEB28
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