Schneider ES-65

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ES-65 Platypus
In June 2006
Type designation ES-65
Competition class Two seater
Crew 2
Length 7.7 m
Height 1.7 m
Cockpit width 1.20 m
Cockpit height 0.95 m
Wingspan 17.73 m
Wing area 15.8 m²
Aspect ratio 19.3
Wing profiles FX 61-184 (root), FX 60-126 (tip)
Empty mass 400 kg
Water ballast N/A
Maximum mass 590 kg
Wing loading 36.4 kg/m²
Maximum speed 260 km/h (140 kts)
Speed in strong turbulence 185 km/h (100 kts)
Stall speed 72 km/h (39 kts)
Minimum sink rate ca. m/s
Best glide ratio ca. 38

The Schneider ES-65 Platypus is a two-seater unflapped glider designed and built by Edmund Schneider Ltd in Australia. A single prototype was built. The prototype, VH-GFA, is owned by a syndicate of members of the Geelong Gliding Club and of the Victorian Motorless Flight Group (V.M.F.G.)[1] based at Bacchus Marsh airfield, Victoria.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Victorian Motorless Flight Group Inc.

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