The Silent is a conventional composite monoplane glider with a retractable 13 kW (17 hp) electric motor driving a 1.92m propeller.[4]
The aircraft was originally marketed with a nickel–cadmium battery pack, but in 2005 this was replaced with a lithium polymer battery system that gives three times the range of the early installation.[2]
energy, silent, german, self, launching, ultralight, sailplane, powered, electric, motor, designed, built, energy, silent, also, marketed, alisport, italy, alisport, silent, targa, first, flew, august, 1997, silentrole, ultralight, sailplanenational, origin, g. The Air Energy AE 1 Silent is a German self launching ultralight sailplane powered by an electric motor Designed and built by Air Energy the AE 1 Silent is also marketed by Alisport of Italy see Alisport Silent 2 Targa 1 2 It first flew in August 1997 3 AE 1 SilentRole Ultralight sailplaneNational origin GermanyManufacturer Air EnergyFirst flight August 1997 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Specifications 3 References 4 External linksDesign and development editThe Silent is a conventional composite monoplane glider with a retractable 13 kW 17 hp electric motor driving a 1 92m propeller 4 The aircraft was originally marketed with a nickel cadmium battery pack but in 2005 this was replaced with a lithium polymer battery system that gives three times the range of the early installation 2 Specifications editData from manufacturer 4 General characteristicsCrew 1 Wingspan 12 m 39 ft 4 in Wing area 10 3 m2 111 sq ft Aspect ratio 14 Empty weight 195 kg 430 lb Gross weight 300 kg 661 lb Powerplant 1 Battery powered electric motor 13 kW 17 hp Performance Maximum speed 180 km h 112 mph 97 kn Service ceiling 2 000 m 6 560 ft Rate of climb 2 2 m s 433 ft min Rate of sink 0 78 m s 154 ft min References edit World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2005 2006 World Directory of Light Aviation Pagefast Ltd England 2005 ISSN 1368 485X a b Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 132 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485X J2mcL Planeurs Fiche planeur n www j2mcl planeurs net Retrieved 2022 05 16 a b AE 1 SilentExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air Energy AE1 1 Silent nbsp This article on an aircraft of the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Air Energy AE 1 Silent amp oldid 1088191244, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
