The Super Standard was designed to the early 1960’s Standard Class rules with 15 m. wing, fixed gear and no flaps or water ballast. Amongst other achievements, a Super Standard was flown by renowned sailplane photographer Alex Aldott to win the Hungarian national distance record at 748 km./ 465 miles.
The Solo, which first flew in 1992, is a flapless sailplane designed to the OSTIC World Class sailplane specifications for the early solo/club pilot. Construction follows Blanik practice with all metal surfaces and flush rivets. It has top surface only Schempp-Hirth airbrakes. The fixed main wheel has an oleo- pneumatic shock absorber. ATC
Rutan’s canard self-launching sailplane attracted much attention when it won the Sailplane Homebuilders Association Design Contest in 1982. The engine, with electric starter for air starting, erects from and retracts into a bay in the forward fuselage by means of electro-hydraulic power. The canard configuration is intended to make the ship virtually stall-proof as the…
The PW-5 was the winning entry in the IGC/ OSTIV World Class design contest. The design is available for license contruction both by manufacturers and homebuilders. PZL Swidnik is the first manufacturing licensee to reach production. It is flapless, has upper surface Schempp-Hirth airbrakes for approach control, and a fixed main wheel. PZL has announced…
The Speed Astir II was developed from the earlier Standard Class Astir family as Burkhart Grob’s first entry into the 15 m. racing class. It features a flexible material which in effect was the hinge, (The stiffness was maintained by a series of rollers running in channels) for flaps and ailerons, which are mounted on…
The two-seat RF-5B evolved from a line of single and two-place light sport aircraft, its immediate predecessor being the tandem two-seat RF-5, which had a 13.7 m./ 45 ft wingspan and oly limited soaring capability. The addition of a larger wing, the outer sections of which fold to reduce the span to 11.3 m./ 37…
The Spirit, which first flew in 1992, is the kit built Standard Class design which parallels ASC’s Falcon 15 m. racing class ship. It’s designed to accommodate a 193 cm. / 6′ 4″ pilot weighing up to 118 kg / 260 lb with parachute.
The SS-1 was a Standard Class design completed in 1966. It featured DFS dive brakes and a fixed faired wheel. All metal surfaces were flush riveted except for the aft section of the fuselage.