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Schempp-Hirth Arcus

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Motor glider. Includes electric, turbocharged and piston variants.

Photo: Airbus UpNext

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston, Electric

Application

Sport

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tailwheel

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Straight

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Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Schemp-Hirth Arcus	2009 / 2009		Baseline variant, includes Arcus S (pure sailplane) variant.
Schempp-Hirth Arcus T	2009 / 2009		Self-sustaining variant.
Schempp-Hirth Arcus E	2010 / 2010	2016	Electric variant.
Schempp-Hirth Arcus M	2016 / 2016		Self-launching variant.
Airbus UpNext Blue Condor	2022 /		Hydrogen engined variant, part of Airbus' ZEROe program.

Airframer

Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH

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