Advanced Soaring Concepts Spirit
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The Advanced Soaring Concepts Spirit is a single-seat Standard class sailplane that is produced in kit form for home-building.
In 1996 concerns were raised about the aircraft's wing, after the wings of two examples failed under load testing at far lower stresses than the aircraft was designed for. This prompted a redesign of the wing root.
There have been accusations in the soaring community that the Spirit and its derivative, the Falcon were largely reverse engineered from the Schempp-Hirth Ventus.
[edit] Specifications (Spirit)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: ()
- Wingspan: 49 ft 2 in (15.00 m)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 101 ft² (9.3 m²)
- Empty weight: 508 lb (230 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,160 lb (527 kg)
- *Aspect ratio: 24:1
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