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what is it?
The Rolladen-Schneider LS7 is a high-performance Standard Class single-seat sailplane produced by Rolladen-Schneider Flugzeugbau GmbH from 1988 to 1993.
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 39 years ago, in 1987.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
no engine: No engine: it glides on rising air.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1987-12
- number built
- 164
- role
- standard-class sailplane
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Rolladen Schneider Flugzeugbau
- engines
- none (glider)
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 15 m
- height
- 1.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 486 kg
- top speed
- 270 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 Q2163986, Wikipedia: Rolladen-Schneider LS7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.