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- 1. Lange Flugzeugbau Antares 20E: Stahlkocher· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Lange Antares is a glider built by Lange Aviation produced with three different wingspans, 18, 20 and 23 meters. The 20 and 23 meter variants can be equipped with a 42-kW electric motor and SAFT VL 41M lithium-ion batteries. The EM 42 is a fixed-shaft brushless DC electric motor running at 190-288 V, and drawing up to 160 A, the 42 kW motor can deliver up to 216 N.m of torque over a speed range of 160-1600 RPM with a total efficiency of 90%.
How to recognise it: 1 electric motor · 20 m wingspan
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 20 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric: Battery-powered electric motors.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2003
- number built
- 60
- role
- open class and 18 m class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Lange Aviation
- engines
- 1× Lange EM 42
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 20 m
- height
- 1.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 660 kg
- top speed
- 280 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1804903, Wikipedia: Lange Antares (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.