what is it?
The Rolladen-Schneider LS10 is an 18 metre sailplane designed in Germany by Rolladen-Schneider. A prototype flew in 2003. After Rolladen-Schneider was placed in receivership the sailplane entered production by DG Flugzeugbau.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 23 years ago, in 2003.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2003-06-06
- number built
- 19
- role
- 18-metre class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- DG Flugzeugbau
- engines
- none (glider)
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 18 m
- height
- 1.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 600 kg
- top speed
- 280 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2163977, Wikipedia: DG Flugzeugbau LS10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.