Scheibe SF 32

The Scheibe SF 32 is a German motorglider that was designed by Egon Scheibe in the 1970s.

Design

The SF 32 was similar to the SF 27M but differs in having a Rotax 642 mounted on a pylon, retracted into the fuselage electrically.

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 17.0 m (55 ft 9 in)
• Height: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 13.3 m² (143 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 21.73
• Airfoil: Wortmann FX-61 -163/60-126
• Empty weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 642 2-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 30 kW (40 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 136 km/h (85 mph, 73 kn)
• Stall speed: 68 km/h (42 mph, 36.5 kn)
• Range: 300 km (190 mi, 160 nmi)
• Maximum glide ratio: 37:1 at 90 km/h (49 kn; 56 mph)
• Rate of climb: 2 m/s (390 ft/min)
• Rate of sink: 0.65 m/s (128 ft/min) at 80 km/h (43 kn; 50 mph)
• Wing loading: 33.8 kg/m² (6.9 lb/sq ft)
  
• Take-off run: 200 m (660 ft)

References

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 595.