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

SF 32
Role	Motorglider Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Scheibe
Designer	Egon Scheibe
First flight	May 1976
Number built	1
Developed from	Scheibe SF 27M

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.[1]

Specifications

Data from [1]

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.

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