Grob G 109 B
G109ICAOVFR
1today~28/mo
Side-by-side touring motor glider in glass and carbon fibre with a T-tail, 17.4 m wings that fold for the hangar and a three-position propeller. The RAF used it as the Vigilant T1 to train air cadets.
Units
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 111 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 130 kt
- Range
- 810 nm
- Service ceiling
- 19,685 ft
- Rate of climb
- 650 ft/min
Fuel
- Usable fuel
- 98 l
- Total capacity
- 100 l
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Grass
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 850 kg
- Empty weight
- 620 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(S) · SPL · LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- TMG
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Grob
- Category
- Glider
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- G109
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 8.1 mWingspan 17.4 mHeight 1.8 m
- Length
- 8.1 m
- Wingspan
- 17.4 m
- Height
- 1.8 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.15 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.6 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Grob G 109 BLength 8.1 m
- Stemme S12-GLength 8.42 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Red line: never exceed
- 39 kt
- 62 kt
- 92 kt
- 130 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Grob G 109 B in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
