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Alisport Silent Club

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Silent Club
A Silent Club towed by an Ultralight.
Type designation Silent Club pure
Competition class FAI Ultralight Class
Number built ca. 80
Crew 1
Length 6.35 m (20.8 ft)
Height 1.25 m (4.1 ft)
Cockpit width 0.63 m (2.1 ft)
Cockpit height 0.91 m (3 ft)
Wingspan 12 m (39.4 ft)
Wing area 10.3 m² (111 sq ft)
Aspect ratio 14.0
Wing profile IMD 002 (18%)
Empty mass 125 kg
Maximum mass 290 kg (640 lb)
Wing loading 34 kg/m² (6.96 lb/sq ft)
Maximum speed 200 km/h (124 knots)
Speed in rough air 135 km/h (73 knots)
Stall speed 62 km/h (34 knots)
Minimum sink rate 0.70 m/s at 70 km/h
(138 ft/min at 46 knots)
Best glide ratio 31 at 85 km/h (46 knots)
Roll rate 4 s at 80 km/h (43 knots)
-45° to +45° bank

The Silent Club is a single seater sailplane of Italian manufacture. It is of the FAI type Ultralight Class glider. It is sold by Alisport ready-to-fly or kit-built as pure glider or self-launching glider. The self-launching version is fitted with a single-blade propeller belt-driven by a two-stroke engine.


Design and construction

  • The fuselage is carbon and glass fiber composite with epoxy resin.
  • The wings spans 12 meters without winglets.
  • The flaperons stretch for 10.0 meters of the full wingspan.
  • Schempp-Hirth-type spoilers extend on the upper wing surface only.
  • Fixed or retractable main wheel behind the pilot, with shock absorber and drum brake activated via spoiler control lever aft travel.

Safety and operational qualities

  • The Silent Club has light ailerons, light elevator, generous rudder. The roll rate is quick because of the lively feel of the ailerons.
  • Stall is predictable and recovery simple. In level flight as airspeed is reduced when approaching the stall speed the sailplane vibrate a little, at this point decreasing the angle of attack results in airspeed increase and normal flight resume, from a climbing attitude the sailplane stall decisively, the nose pitch down gently and recovery is easy with stick forward.
  • Spin entry is obvious and recovered with rudder and stick.

Versions

There are three versions of the Silent Gliders.
The Silent Club version has 12 meter wingspan.
The Silent 2 version has 13 meter wingspan.
The Silent 2 Targa version 13.3 meter wingspan and a special elevator.

Sources

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