AMS-Flight Carat
AMS-Flight · Germany · first flew 1997 · light aircraft
The AMS-Flight Carat A is a single-seat, high-performance motorglider.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Low-mounted, tapered |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 6.21 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | T-tail |
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Spot it by:
- Single-seat motorglider with a long 15 m span
- Sauer four-cylinder engine in the nose
- Propeller blades fold forward when the engine is off
It is a motorglider with a 1,754 cc Sauer four-cylinder engine whose propeller blades fold forward when the engine is off. Its glide ratio is 35:1.
Specifications
- The AMS-Flight Carat has a length of 6.21 m (20 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 15 m (49 ft).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
It was originally designed and built by Technoflug in Germany and first flew on 16 December 1997.
Variants
It is now manufactured by AMS-Flight in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Where you'll see it
Thirty-one had been built by September 2009.
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