Slingsby Venture G-BUFG Motor Glider For Hire with Trent Valley Gliding Club
Our Slingsby Motor Falke training aircraft is ideal for helping you progress your gliding. From early pilots learning the basics to those wishing to do field landing checks or progress onto a motorglider licence this aircraft is ideal.
Description
G-BUFG. Our Slingsby Motor Falke training aircraft is ideal for helping you progress your gliding. From early pilots learning the basics to those wishing to do field landing checks or progress onto a motorglider licence this aircraft is ideal. It is basically a glider with an engine that can take off under its own power. Once airbourne the engine can be stopped and you are a glider. Start getting low and you can start the engine and revert back to a powered aircraft.
General characteristics
Crew: Two
Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.6 m)
Wingspan: 50 ft 4 in (15.33 m)
Wing area: 188 ft2 (17.47 m2)
Aspect ratio: 13.4
Empty weight: 740 lb (335 kg)
Gross weight: 1,170 lb (530 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Starck Stamo MS1500, 45 hp ( kW)
Performance
Maximum glide ratio: 22
Rate of sink: 200 ft/min (1.00 m/s)
