Scheibe SF-24 Motorspatz

what is it?

The Scheibe SF-24 Motorspatz (English: Motor Sparrow) is a West German high-wing, single-seat motor glider that was designed by Egon Scheibe and produced by Scheibe Flugzeugbau. Derived from the unpowered Scheibe Spatz, the Motor Spatz was described in 1983 by Soaring Magazine as "one of the more primitive of the breed of self-launching sailplanes".

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · no engine, long thin wings · 14 m wingspan

base stats

• size 345 kgmax take-off weight
• built 50made in total

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 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🚗Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1957-08

introduced

1960

number built

50

role

motor glider

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Scheibe Flugzeugbau

engines

1× Hirth

wingspan

14 m

max take-off weight

345 kg

top speed

—

range

—

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.