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Schempp-Hirth Ventus

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Motor glider with retractable single piston engine. Available in Performance and Sport variants.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

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

None

Avionics architecture

Analogue

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Straight

Tail

T-tail

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Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Schempp-Hirth Ventus 1	1980 / 1980	1994	Baseline variant.
Schempp-hirth Ventus 2	1995 / 1994		Upgraded variants, includes Vetus 2c/cx self-sustaining variants.
Schempp-Hirth Ventus 3	2015 / 2016		Available in Sport or Performance configurations.

Airframer

Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH

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