Gliders with engines do exist. They are called motor gliders and are essentially fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with ...

Such engines are usually of the electric or small-piston motor variety, ... self-launching glider based on the TST-14 sailplane produced by TeST in the Czech Republic.

A creative bunch of tinkerers think the recent trend of self-launching gliders needs a bit of a boost. So instead of outfitting their high-performance sailplane with an electric or small piston ...

Basically, any pilot holding a Self Launching Motor Glider (SLMG) license can fly the machine. The company has set its sights on the US market with similar aircraft designations.

Pipistrel has been around 25 years and produces several light sport aircraft and motor gliders. The Taurus Electro is a self-launch glider powered by a small electric motor, which helps the pilot ...

Self Launching Sailplane Uses Jet Engine To Get Off The Ground. Contributor. 7:30 PM PDT · August 9, 2010. Sailplanes are fun and all, but they are gliders at heart and for the most part, you ...

German group Lange Aviation has developed the Antares 20E electric self-launching sailplane, which the company claims will be the ‘motorglider of the future’. The plane has a wingspan of 20m and uses ...

It was a two-seat sailplane — a Grob 103C Twin III SL (Self Launch), named ML, after long-time WSSA members Mike and Lynn Rice, ... Once the motor glider reaches the right altitude, ...

As well, Pipistrel has an electric self-launching motor-glider in production, the Taurus Electro, that is reportedly the first of its kind to market. ...

Though self-launching gliders with motors now exist, traditional gliders are motor-less and are launched by aero tow or winch. They have the same basic controls as an airplane and fly and land ...