Touring Motor Gliders / self launch gliders

[Tim]

I have been looking for plans, unfinished kit or run out damaged motor glider, self launch glider. Does anyone know of any?

[Chad Jensen]

Keep your eye on Barnstormers...that'll be your best bet for finding one in that state. Otherwise, Sonex and Europa sell kits.

[Thomas Stute]

Tim,
one of the biggest markets for sailplanes and powered gliders is the German market. You may find on www.segelflug.de lots of offers. There will be no plans, but there might be the opportunity for a good restauration project.

Good luck

[Tim]

Thanks for the reply. That looks like a good lead.

[holger]

Tim: check out http://www.wingsandwheels.com/want-ads10.htm

Holger, a Moni motorglider driver

[normancanderson]

I've been following most of the leads mentioned ( WnW page 10, Barnstormers, several Euro/international posting sites) for a while, and you will find flyable a/c and maybe a few projects. I've seen one Europa in the past 2 years (a sketchy project - nearly complete, but with absolutely no usable homebuilt documentation), and a few very expensive restoration projects. I'd like a 2 seater, but I'm not impressed with the Xenos design. I've about decided to put together something on my own, with a result (hopefully) something like a metal Taifun with fixed gear, or a tri-gear Brasov. Anyone on this forum got some ideas on where to start on a design? I like the cockpit configuration of the later model Ercoupe (sliding canopy, side-by-side seating), but the Ercoupe tail needs to be lengthened about 5' to provide proper tail volume for an 18-20 meter wing span. With all the FAA 51% rule changes, can I use an existing cockpit section from a certificated a/c, change the tail, and design/build new wings, design/build a new engine/cowl installation, and meet the 51% requirement for a homebuilt? This would be my first design from scratch project (at least in 1:1 scale, lots of RC a/c design experience), so any advice is appreciated.

[Tim]

Thanks for the reply. I've been looking in Barnstormers and Wings and Wheels. Finding that Fournier or something similar in the rebuild or good for patterns only condition is going to take awhile.