Timeline for Why are 3- or 4-seat gliders so rare?
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| Mar 24, 2021 at 15:21 | vote | accept | Camille Goudeseune | ||
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| Mar 24, 2021 at 14:38 | comment | added | vsz | Most touring motor gliders typically can't reach a 30:1 glide ratio either. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 14:32 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | @vsz Not too many airplanes in the Cessna or Piper light plane class with 30:1 glide ratio, though. They have some compromises -- max 2 seats, apparently, extra wingspan (which makes them harder to hangar), low horsepower (which limits level flight speed and climb rate) in order to have the glide performance they need to fly as sailplanes when the engine is off. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 14:24 | comment | added | vsz | @ZeissIkon : Those "touring motor glider" are closer to ultralights (or even just small GA planes) than to pure gliders. | |
| Mar 23, 2021 at 20:02 | comment | added | Gypaets | @ymb1 That thing was specifically designed to win NASA's Green Flight Challenge... I heard it wasn't really a joy to fly with | |
| Mar 23, 2021 at 18:59 | history | edited | Zeiss Ikon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
delete incorrect reference to 4-place motor gliders
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| Mar 23, 2021 at 18:58 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Apparently, I was incorrect -- side by side, yes, but four-seat appears to be out of the "touring motor glider" class. I might have been remembering something from long ago, too, but it seems there are only about a dozen current types. | |
| Mar 23, 2021 at 18:50 | comment | added | user14897 | Example for motor gliders with four seats in conventional 2-2 layout please? I found this– thing. | |
| Mar 23, 2021 at 18:37 | history | answered | Zeiss Ikon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
