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Jonker Sailplanes JS

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Family of sailplane aircraft including JS1 Revelation (discontinued), JS2 Revenant, JS3 Rapture, JS4 Rengeti. Pilots can select a choice of propulsion systems: the solo fuel injection self launcher system, the solo electric sustainer/self-launch system or the MD-TJ 42 jet sustainer system.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbojet, Electric, Unpowered

Application

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

High

Tail

T-tail

Minimum crew

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Jonker Sailplanes JS3 Rapture	2019 / 2016	15m/18m single seater sailplane with improved high wing position, known as JS-MD 3 Rapture with EASA certification.
Jonker Sailplanes JS2 Revenant	2021 / 2021	18m/21m flapped self-launcher high-performance sailplane with new optimised fuselage design, known as MD-JS 1 Revelation with EASA certification.
Jonker Sailplanes JS4 Rengeti	2025 /	15m/18m standard class pure glider sailplane with optional retractable electrical propulsion system.

Airframer

Jonker Sailplanes
M&D Flugzeugbau GmbH		Produce variants with EASA certification.

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