Motor glider types

The list includes Motor Glider types which had 10 or more aircraft built or types which are important to glider development. For a list of unpowered gliders see Glider types.

For an exhaustive list of all Glider types see List of gliders.

Sortable List Of Significant Motor glider types.
Model Manuf Origin Image Flight Class Seats Span A/R L/D Climb VMax Empty Maximum Built
Antares Lange Germany 2003 R 1 23.0 m (75.5 ft) 38.3 60:1 4 m/s (7.8 kn) 280 km/h (150 kn; 170 mph) 510 kg (1,120 lb) 850 kg (1,870 lb) 50+
ASW 22 BE Schleicher Germany 1986 R 1 26.6 m (87.3 ft) 42.3 62:1 275 km/h (148 kn; 171 mph) 510 kg (1,120 lb) 750 kg (1,650 lb)
EB28 Binder Germany 1986 R 2 28.0 m (91.9 ft) 46.7 65:1 2.5 m/s (4.9 kn) 275 km/h (148 kn; 171 mph) 570 kg (1,260 lb) 850 kg (1,870 lb)
EB29 Binder Germany 2009 RE 2 29.3 m (96.1 ft) 51 68:1 2.5 m/s (4.9 kn) 280 km/h (150 kn; 170 mph) 570 kg (1,260 lb) 850 kg (1,870 lb)
Falke Scheibe Aircraft GmbH Germany 1963 F (Rotax) 2 18.2 m (59.7 ft) 13.8 24:1 4.0 m/s (7.8 kn) 190 km/h (100 kn; 120 mph) 435 kg (959 lb) 650 kg (1,430 lb) 1200+
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See also


Sources

    j2mcl-planeurs Comprehensive Glider Database

    Glider polar data

    Sailplane Directory

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