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Fly in moutain wave
with Pipistrel Taurus
ultralight self launched glider
Frome Serres to Pic de Bure
then parour du Combattant
In south French Alps
See landing back in Serre la Batie afters 6 hours fly

Klaus Ohlmann, multiple gliding World Record holder, speaks about Taurus:

"Taurus has some great advantages, which originate from the ultralight world:
- the glider has enough space in the cockpit for two very large pilots;
- side-by-side seating arrangement is a real reward in comparison to the tandem-seating. Flying the Taurus is a lot more fun;
- the ballistic total-rescue system is huge advantage when compared to conventional motorgliders;
- taxi with the double-wheel undercarriage is a luxury, especially for training flights;
- the overall quality and finish is surprisingly good;
- it has self fitting connections for all flight controls - big plus;
- although being an ultralight, the glider feels like a real glider;
- Taurus will definitely convince some of the ultralight pilots to start gliding;
- the price is about 50% of what you would pay for another self-launching two-seat glider.
I am positive that the Taurus will be a success story in the world of Gliding!"

TAURUS specifications:

ENGINE High performance 2-stroke 50 HP
max power (with 2 carb.) 53 hp at 6600 rpm

PROPELLER 2 blade Pipistrel
1600 mm diam

SIZES
wing span 14.97 m
length 7.27 m
height 1.41 m

wing area 12.33 m2
rudder area 0.9 m2
horizontal tail area 1.36 m2
aspect ratio 18.6

positive flaps 5 deg, 9 deg, 18 deg
negative flaps -5 deg

center of gravity 23% - 41%

WEIGHTS
empty weight 285 kg
minimum pilot weight 60 kg
maximum total pilots weight 220 kg
max take off weight (MTOW) 450 kg / 472.5 kg
fuel tank capacity in the wing 30 l
useful fuel 27 l

PERFORMANCES
stall with flaps 63 km/h
stall without flaps 71 km/h
manoeuvring speed 163 km/h
max. speed with flaps extended 130 km/h
max. speed with airbrakes extended 225 km/h (extend at or below 160 km/h)
max. speed with powerplant extended 160 km/h

VNE 225 km/h
min.sink 0.70 m/sec
min.sink speed 94 km/h
max. sink with airbrakes 6.0 m/sec @ 100 km/h
best glide 1: 41
best glide ratio speed 107 km/h
best glide at 150 km/h 1: 33
best glide at 180 km/h 1: 23
max towing speed 150 km/h
45°-45° roll time 3.9 sec
take off run MTOW 180 m
take off over 15 m MTOW 265 m
cruising speed with 75% power 120 km/h

best climb speed 100 km/h
max climb rate (MTOW) 2.9 m/sec
service ceiling MTOW 3,900 m
max load factor permitted (x1,8) +5.3g -2.65g
max load factor tested + 7.2g - 7.2g
fuel consum. at full power 18 lph

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Moutain
• Wave
• glider
• Taurus
• ultralight
• self
• launched
• pic
• de
• burres
• parcour
• du
• combattant
• south
• french
• alps