COMMON
SLG2
Stemme S12
The Silent Climber
“Half glider, half airplane, all freedom.”
Stemme · private
Length
27 ft 11 in
Wingspan
75 ft 6 in
Max speed
140 kts
Range
1,000 nmi
Ceiling
30,000 ft
Engines
1x Rotax 914 turbo (115 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
1
Typical config
1 pilot + 1 passenger
Built
100
Motorgliders are the purest form of flying — use the engine to climb, then shut it down and ride the thermals in silence. With long, slender wings and a retractable propeller, they bridge powered flight and soaring in a way no other aircraft can.
Fun fact
Motorgliders can stay aloft for hours on a single gallon of fuel by alternating between powered climbs and unpowered soaring.
How to spot one
Long glider wings with a retractable nose propeller. German-built motor glider. Soars like a glider, takes off like a plane.
Crews call it
The Motor Glider
Sounds like
Retractable propeller — silent in glide, Rotax putter when motoring
One might be overhead right now.
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