Todays Airplane of the Day, is the incredibly sophisticated Stemme S10VT Motor Glider. With its collapsible propeller hidden discreetly in the extendable Nosecone, Its Rotax liquid-cooled engine and driveshaft, tucked away inside the fuselage behind the side by side seated pilots and retractable gear, the S10VT is the most complex, most well engineered Motor Glider in the World. Oh, and it even has foldable wings, which one person can easily extend, allowing for Hangar storage no larger than a Cessna would require. Simplex push the nose cone forward, start the engine, and watch centrifugal force pull the propeller from its hidden space, cruise up to a comfortable altitude, shut down and stow the prop, and you now have a 50 to 1 glide ratio sailplane. ReStart is accomplished in six seconds if power is needed. Cool Huh?
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 23:44:31 +0000
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