Farrenberg glider airfield
| Farrenberg glider airfield | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 805 m (2641 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 8 km northeast of Hechingen, 2 km southeast of Mössingen |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1952 |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 800 m × 30 m grass |
The Farrenberg glider airfield is an airfield that is primarily used for gliding . The area for take-off and landing of small aircraft is located in the south of Baden-Württemberg near the city of Mössingen on the Farrenberg . It is a glider flying site with a special permit for aircraft towing .
Runways
The airfield has two runways on a grass runway. The place has been used by the Mössingen e. V. and the Flugsportverein Tübingen e. V. operated. The runways are about one kilometer long and have no lighting , so that the airfield can be used almost exclusively for daytime operations and visual flights. The gliders are usually started by means of an approximately 300 hp winch .
Power supply
The buildings are not connected to the electricity grid. The power supply used to be via a diesel generator and since 2002 at the latest via a 1 kWp photovoltaic system , which can produce around 80 kWh of electricity per month in summer, around 10 times more than is consumed. Two batteries with a total of 48 V and approx. 500 Ah (20 kWh ) serve as storage. A three-phase system with 400 V and 10.5 kW is supplied from this via an inverter .
The world's first solar filling station for gliders was inaugurated there on July 7, 2002. The solar energy is used to charge a self-launching glider with an electric drive, which requires around 2 kWh per take-off.
Web links
- Website of the aviation club Mössingen with pictures of the glider airfield on the plateau
- fsv-tuebingen.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Ralf Wagner, with excerpts from a press release by Jürgen Werner: Solar-Flugplatz