The propelled glider DG 400 is directly derived from its predecessor DG 200, certificated in France in February of 1980, and more in particular from the last version DG 202, presented at the CEV in January 1981. Its aerodynamic definition is the same, once the engine is retracted, and it preserves the possibility of being used in 15 or 17 m spread by the addition of detachable airfoil extremities (2 x 1 m). The tail wheel is conjugated with the direction and at 17 m the detachable wing tips are fitted with small wheels which ease takeoff without outside assistance. The moto-propeller group is made up of the engine ROTAX 505, two-time bicylinder with air cooling, equipped with two carburators, double electrical lighting system, and a two-blade propeller with fixed pitch Hoffmann HO 11 F - 128 B 84. The whole is retracted electrically in the dorsal fuselage section in back of the airfoils. A propeller braking system assures its stoppage at the moment the motor is retracted in the fuselage. Some photographs shown in Figs. 1 to 6 complete this identification.
Planeur Propulse DG 400 (Propelled Glider DG 400)
1984
66 pages
Report
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English