32 Vol.3 No.2 / Februar y 2014
GLIDERS AND SAILPL ANES 101
One of our sister divisions is the Vintage Soaring Associa-
tion (
www.VintageSailplane.org/index.shtml ). They are
the folks to contact for those interested in restoring or
re-creating classics, some of which were originally built
from plans.
Dieter Reich's ULF 1 and 2 are cloth-covered wood ultra-
light glider and motorglider designs from Germany. The ULF
1 is capable of foot launching like the Carbon Dragon. Learn
more at
www.EEL.de/english/ulf-1_description.htm .
Mark Calder's Robin is an ultralight motorglider similar
in concept to the ULF 2. The prototype should be fl ying
soon. Mark is planning on making kits available. Visit
http://RobinUltralight.blogspot.com/ .
The Mitchell B-10 and U-2 by Don Mitchell were pioneering
ef orts of the early days of high-performance, more airplane-
like ultralights. Plans for these very light cloth-covered wood
fl ying-wing motorgliders are still available. Visit
http://home.
Earthlink.net/~mitchellwing/u2.html
or www.TWITT.org/
MitchellHistory.html
.
Jim Marske's Monarch and Pioneer 3 are slightly forward-
swept, fl ying-wing sailplanes of composite construction. The
Monarch is a "very" light open-cockpit glider. The Pioneer 3 is a
15-meter sport-oriented sailplane of quite high performance. Both
have the benign fl ight characteristics for which Jim's designs are
known. Read more at
www.MarskeAircraft.com/8539.html or
KollmanWings.com/About_Us.html .
Tiziano Danieli's Piuma Project consists of single- and two-
place "very" light motorgliders of mostly wood construction
(
www.PiumaProject.com ).
The Cumulus is a cloth-covered aluminum "very" light
motorglider (
www.Ultralight-Soaring-Aviation.com ).
Bob Kuykendall's HP-24 is a high-performance, 15- to 18-me-
ter composite sailplane built from a kit. Bob started on the glider
road by supporting the builders of the late Richard E. Schred-
er's HP series of mostly aluminum plans and kit-built sailplanes
(
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schreder ).
The Choucas is a two-place, side-by-side touring motorglid-
er of the Fauvel fl ying-wing type of mixed construction. The
Exel is a light, single-place, self-launching sailplane of compos-
ite construction. These French designs are available in kit form.
Visit
www.Alpaero.com .
The Alisport Silent series are light-composite, high-
performance sport sailplanes available with engines for self-
launching or unpowered. An electric version is now available
(
www.Alisport.com/eu/eng/index.html ).
The Xenos is the touring motorglider member of the Sonex
family of aluminum kit planes. The side-by-side two-place gives
up a bit of cruise speed to its short-winged brothers, but it can
stay up with the engine of . Visit
www.SonexAircraft.com/air-
craft/xenos.html
.
The Europa also has a touring motorglider version of its
composite kit plane (
www.Europa-Aircraft.com/motorglider )
as does the Whisper (
http://WhisperAircraft.com/wcont ).
Many of the designers of these aircraft are or were members
of the Experimental Soaring Association.
ORGANIZ ATIONS
Soaring Society of America: www.SSA.org
Experimental Soaring Association:
www.ESoaring.com
Vintage Soaring Association:
www.VintageSailplane.org/index.shtml
Touring Motorglider Association: www.TouringMotorgliders.org
Experimental Aircraft Association:
www.EAA.org
Cumulus Soaring:
www.Cumulus-Soaring.com
Knof & Grove Soaring Supplies:
www.eGlider.org
INTERESTING VIDEOS
Airchair at Torrey Pines: www.YouTube.com/
watch?v=fzNKEhVKtJA
Bungee launch:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=K6fv-TNyrqs
Carbon Dragon: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=XKowuWZKJ5k
Winch launch: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=v2Qh95I_YM0
ULF 1:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=F0L7juR2gKY
ULF 2: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=cGtRRkzCyKo
U-2:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=Os58YgpwOEU
Monarch:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=ijCnLaRf5Eo
Pioneer 3:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=4QoxSigUdzk
Choucas:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=yjGW_rOKhk8
Silent 2 Electro: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=ZZrKBzszSFk
Xenos:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=xc_PBSD2qDQ
Whisper:
www.YouTube.com/watch?v=kM5pd12-w2A
REFERENCES
Sailplane design: www.SeqAir.com/TheGlider/TheGlider.pdf
Bass Akwards: The truth about taildraggers: www.EAA.org/
experimenter/articles/2010-11_bass.asp
Murry I. Rozansky is the president of Experimental Soaring Associa-
tion, a division of the Soaring Society of America.
A Mitchell U2, plans-built, mostly wood ultralight fl ying wing motorglider.
Photography courtesy of Murry Rozansky
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