Scheibe SF 32
| SF 32 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Motorglider |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Scheibe |
| Designer | Egon Scheibe |
| First flight | May 1976 |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Scheibe SF 27M |
The Scheibe SF 32 is a German motorglider that was designed by Egon Scheibe in the 1970s.
Design
The SF 32 was similar to the SF 27M but differs in having a Rotax 642 mounted on a pylon, retracted into the fuselage electrically.[1]
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 17.0 m (55 ft 9 in)
- Height: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 13.3 m2 (143 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 21.73
- Airfoil: Wortmann FX-61 -163/60-126
- Empty weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 642 2-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 30 kW (40 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 136 km/h (85 mph, 73 kn)
- Stall speed: 68 km/h (42 mph, 36.5 kn)
- Range: 300 km (190 mi, 160 nmi)
- Maximum glide ratio: 37:1 at 90 km/h (49 kn; 56 mph)
- Rate of climb: 2 m/s (390 ft/min)
- Rate of sink: 0.65 m/s (128 ft/min) at 80 km/h (43 kn; 50 mph)
- Wing loading: 33.8 kg/m2 (6.9 lb/sq ft)
- Take-off run: 200 m (660 ft)
References
- ^ a b "Scheibe SF27 Zugvogel / SF-32 Lorraine Aviation Loravia LA-11 Topaze SLCA SLCA-10 / LA-10". all-aero.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
Further reading
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 595.