| VSO 10 Gradient | |
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| VSO 10 Gradient | |
| Role | Club-class sailplane |
| Manufacturer | Orličan Národní Podnik |
| First flight | 1977 |
| Introduction | 1979 |
| Number built | 225 |
The Orlican VSO 10 Gradient is a Czechoslovakian club-class sailplane designed by Orlican Národní Podnik as a replacement for the VT-116 Orlik II.
Development of the VSO 10 started in 1972 and the first prototype flew on 16 September 1977. The Type Certificate was granted on 15 May 1979, with the first production gliders entering service with Czechoslovak aeroclubs soon after. In 1990 the company ceased production when they started to build Schempp-Hirth gliders. Schempp-Hirth are the current holders of the VSO 10 Type Certificate.
The VSO 10 is a single-seat cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and retractable landing gear. It has a two-piece wooden wing, a T-tail empennage of aluminium alloy structure, a glass composite forward fuselage and an aluminium alloy rear fuselage. The VSO 10C has a fixed landing gear.
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