First flown in 1968, the FM-1 featured seating and a steel tube and fiberglass front fuselage.
The Genesis is a Standard Class Sailplane designed to give stability from a positive pitch moment built into the wing, thus avoiding the need for the usual large tailplane required to counteract the negative pitch stability in normal wing configurations. This results in reduced drag from a much smaller fuselage and tailplane giving less wetted…
The side-by-side two-place Gemini, which flew in 1973, has a genuine variable geometry planform. Marsden, who successfully modified the British Operation Sigma Type C variable geometry glider, used a number of the Sigma features in his design. It has full span 35 % chord Fowler flaps which are extended when climbing and retracted when cruising.…
The Celstar, specifically designed to JAR 22 specifications for competitive aerobatics ( 10 g), first flew in 1989. It has full span mass balanced ailerons. Airbrakes are used for appoach control. The main wheel is retractable.
The self-launching side-by-side G 109 cruises under power better than 124 mph and has a cruising range in excess of 500 miles. Approach control is by airbrakes. A G-109 has held the world motorglider record for absolute alitude (6,406 m. /21,018 ft.) and Altitude Gain ( 5,042 m. / 16,544 ft.). The Grob G 109…
The Edelweiss C-30S was produced by Issoire, part of the goupe Siren. It first flew in 1962, was the runner-up in the Standard Class of the 1963 World Championships at Junin, Argentina and won the class in the 1965 Worlds at South Cerney, England. It features an all-moving V- tail, a fixed gear and eight…