The Zia is a twin boom high wing pusher self- launching sailplane. The engine is started by a pull rope either on the ground or for air starting. Glidepath control is by flaps which extend to 45º.
Ross built the RS-1 in 1937 for Harvey Stephens, hence the designation. It was one of the first small-span high-performance sailplanes. The lines of the ship were inspired by the Lippisch Fafnir II and the name comes from an Australian seed with good gliding characteristics. Ross flew the RS-1 in the 1937 U.S. Nationals and…
Woodstock was designed with a wing having an 18 % section for the root, 13 % at the tip and no twis. The principal design objectives were low cost and simplicity of construction. Douglas Air was used for all major structural parts and all tail and wing skins were birch. It first flew in 1978…
The Wolf was named after Wolf Hirth, partner with Martin Schempp in the then new firm of Sportflugzeugbau Goppingen (now Schempp-Hirth). It was produced in 1935 as a rival to the Schneider Grunau Baby as a utility (rather than a high performance) sailplane. It lacks any approach control devices but has a built-in- wheel, an…
Designed to meet SHA Homebuilt Sailplane Design Contest criteria: easy to built, low cost, soarable, self-launching, safe, the definitive powered Windrose first flew in 1984. The structural backbone is a hollow plywood box with corners longerons which carry the engine mounts, landing gear and fiberglass cockpit shell. The wings are shaped foam covered with fiberglass,…
This side-by-side seating self-launching sailplane first flew in 1981 as the Valentin Taifun. It has a two bladed non retracting Muhlbauer variable pitch feathering propeller. ATC.
By adding another meter to the SF-25B Falke’s span and reducing the frontal area by mans of tandem seating, Scheibe created a better- performing two-place motorglider. Feathering propeller, full electric system and starter are standard equipment. In 1973, SF-28A’s took the first four places in the two-place class of the international motorglider contest at Burg…
The Tandem Tutor, which first flew in 1949, was a two-place devopment of the single-place T. 8 Tutor using the same wings with additional bracing. Early production T. 31’s had no aids for approach control, but spoilers were added to later models, and retrofitted to most examples. The Royal Air Force used 131 T. 31B’s…
The T-Bird first flew in 1962 and placed 8th in the Nationals that year flown by its designer/ builder. It was acquired by the Santa Maria (CA) Museum of Flight
The Tern is a wood and fiberglass sailplane designed for homebuilding. The ship features a fixed wheel, airbrakes and an optional parachute installation in the tail. A 55 ft./ 16.76 m. span Tern II, first flown in 1968, raised the Tern’s best L/D ratio and accounted for several of the total completed. One Tern belongs…