Stem S6

Stem S6
Type:	Motor sailer
Design country:	BR Germany
Manufacturer:	Stemme AG
First flight:	November 29, 2006
Number of pieces:	around 30 ; (as of April 2014)

The Stemme TSA-M in the variants S6-T u. S6-RT are motor gliders from Stemme . They are similar to the Stemme S10 , but are completely new designs and have a non-retractable, adjustable three-blade propeller and, depending on the version, a fixed or retractable three-legged landing gear with a controllable nose wheel. The first flight of an S6-T ( D-KTSA , pilot Lothar Dalldorff) took place on November 29, 2006 at Strausberg airfield . On October 22nd, 2008, the TSA-M series received type certification from EASA .

At the AERO aviation trade fair in April 2015, after around 30 units had been manufactured, the revised version S6-EW "Sky Sportster" ( D-KSIX ) with a 20 meter span and folding outer wings was presented, but it never went into production. A variant with a fixed chassis was no longer offered.

variants

S6-T : Fixed chassis (production discontinued)
S6-RT : retractable landing gear (production on request)
S6-EW : wingspan increased to 20 m, folding outer wings (never in production)

Technical specifications

Parameter	S6-T	S6-RT	S6-EW (never produced)
crew	1-2
span	18 m		20 m
length	8.52 m
height	2.45 m
Wing area	17.42 m²		18.34 m²
Wing extension
Wing profile
Glide ratio	32	36	38
Empty mass	660 kg	680 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	850 kg	900 kg
Engine	a Rotax 914 F2 ; 84.5 kW (115 PS)
Tank capacity	130 l
Climb performance		4.7 m / s
Service ceiling	20,000 ft (approx. 6,100 m)
Range	860 NM (approx. 1,590 km )
Top speed	270 km / h

Web links

Commons : Stemme S6 - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Markus Koch: Motor glider Stemme S6. In: aerokurier.de. April 30, 2014, accessed January 31, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Gerhard Marzinzik: With the S12 in the open class. In: aerokurier.de. April 15, 2015, accessed April 23, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Thomas Borchert: Stemme S10 & S6 . In: Fliegermagazin . No. 6 , 2014, p. 12–18 ( clamps S10 & S6 [PDF]).
↑ Type certificate Stemme S6 - EASA TCDS A.143. (PDF; 240 kB) EASA, February 7, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2016 (English).
↑ S6 EW. (No longer available online.) In: new-stemme.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2016 (English).

[aero2014-04-30-1] Markus Koch: Motor glider Stemme S6. In: aerokurier.de. April 30, 2014, accessed January 31, 2019 .

[aero2015-04-15-2] Gerhard Marzinzik: With the S12 in the open class. In: aerokurier.de. April 15, 2015, accessed April 23, 2016 .

[fliegermagazin-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Thomas Borchert: Stemme S10 & S6 . In: Fliegermagazin . No. 6 , 2014, p. 12–18 ( clamps S10 & S6 [PDF]).

[4] Type certificate Stemme S6 - EASA TCDS A.143. (PDF; 240 kB) EASA, February 7, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2016 (English).

[5] S6 EW. (No longer available online.) In: new-stemme.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on April 23, 2016 (English).