Schneider ES-65
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| Type designation
| ES-65
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| Competition class
| Two seater
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| Crew
| 2
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| Length
| 7.7 m
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| Height
| 1.7 m
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| Cockpit width
| 1.20 m
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| Cockpit height
| 0.95 m
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| Wingspan
| 17.73 m
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| Wing area
| 15.8 m²
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| Aspect ratio
| 19.3
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| Wing profiles
| FX 61-184 (root), FX 60-126 (tip)
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| Empty mass
| 400 kg
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| Water ballast
| N/A
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| Maximum mass
| 590 kg
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| Wing loading
| 36.4 kg/m²
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| Maximum speed
| 260 km/h (140 kts)
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| Speed in strong turbulence
| 185 km/h (100 kts)
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| Stall speed
| 72 km/h (39 kts)
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| Minimum sink rate
| ca. m/s
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| Best glide ratio
| ca. 38
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The Schneider ES-65 Platypus is a two-seater unflapped glider
Glider (sailplane)
A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the sport of gliding. Some gliders, known as motor gliders are used for gliding and soaring as well, but have engines which can, in some cases, be used for take-off or for extending a flight...

 designed and built by Edmund Schneider Ltd in Australia. A single prototype was built. The prototype, VH-GFA, is owned by a syndicate of members of the Geelong Gliding Club and of the Victorian Motorless Flight Group (V.M.F.G.) based at Bacchus Marsh airfield
Bacchus Marsh Airfield
Bacchus Marsh Airfield is located Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia.The airfield is owned by the Shire of Moorabool, but is operated by the Bacchus Marsh Airfield Management...

, Victoria.

See also

  • Schneider Grunau Baby
    Schneider Grunau Baby
    -See also:* Schneider Kookaburra* Schneider Arrow* Schneider Boomerang* Schneider Platypus...

  • Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra
    Schneider ES-52
    -References:* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.- See also :* Schneider Grunau Baby* Schneider ES-59 Arrow* Schneider ES-60 Boomerang* Schneider ES-65 Platypus...

  • Schneider ES-59 Arrow
    Schneider ES-59
    |-References:*-See also:* Schneider Grunau Baby* Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra* Schneider ES-60 Boomerang* Schneider ES-65 Platypus...

  • Schneider ES-60 Boomerang
    Schneider ES-60
    -References:** -See also:* Schneider Grunau Baby* Schneider ES-59 Arrow* Schneider ES-52 Kookaburra* Schneider ES-65 Platypus...

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