Plane Details

Kestrel Glasflugel

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General Details
Manufacturer:	Glasflugel
Plane Name:	Kestrel
Classified as:	Unclassified
Country Of Origin:	Germany
Designer:	Hanle/Prasser
No. of Seats	1
No. Built	129

Performance:
L/DMax:	43 97 kph / 52 kt / 60 mph

MinSink:	0.55 m/s / 1.80 fps / 1.06 kt

Specifications:

Span		Area		Empty Weight		Payload		Gross Weight		Wing Load		Water Ballast
m	ft	sq.m	sq.ft	kg	lb.	kg	lb.	kg	lb.	kg /sq.m	lb. /sq.ft	kg	lb.
17	55.7	11.6	124.9	260	573	140	309	400	882	34.5	7.06	0	0

Aspect ratio:	25
Airfoil:
Structure:	fiberglass
Engine:

Comment:
The 17 m. Kestrel features camber-changing flaps that operate in conjunction with the ailerons, airbrakes, drogue chute, water ballast and retractable gear. The fuselage is a fiberglass monocoque (not sandwich) for greater resilience and pilot protection. The cockpit has room enough for a 198 cm / 6 ft pilot and features a control stick that slides fore and aft (rather than rotating) to reduce likelihood of pilot- induced oscillations and which has a press-to- trim-push-button trimmer. It has a nose and a center of gravity release. Goran Ax won the second Smirnoff Transcontinental Sailplane Race in a Kestrel in 1973. Sue Martin of Australia gained both the womens world 100 km speed record ( 113.2 kph / 70.36 mph ) and 300 km triangle speed record (114.4 kph/ 71.11 mph). As well as building the 17 m. model under license, Slingsby of Great Britain developed a 19 m. version which first flew in 1971 incorporating a drag reducing wing root fillet and an anti-balance tab on the elevator.

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