Scheibe SF 25 C Falke
SF25ICAOVFRTrainer
1today~33/mo
Side-by-side touring motor glider in steel tube, wood and fabric, built since the early 1970s and one of the most produced motor gliders. Widely used for TMG training and glider towing, with Limbach or Rotax engines.
Units
Performance
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 103 kt
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(S) · SPL · LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- TMG
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
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
- Scheibe
- Category
- Glider
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- SF25
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 650 kg
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 7.55 mWingspan 15.25 mHeight
- Length
- 7.55 m
- Wingspan
- 15.25 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.5 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Scheibe SF 25 C FalkeLength 7.55 m
- Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus XLTLength 8.73 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 81 kt
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 103 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Scheibe SF 25 C Falke in the simulator
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