x-plane programs
Schweizer X-26 Frigate
The X-26 Frigate is the longest-lived of the X-plane programs. The program included the X-26A Frigate sailplane and the motorized X-26B Quiet Thruster versions: QT-2, QT-2PC, and QT-2PCII. All were based on the Schweizer SGS 2-32 sailplane.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Schweizer Aircraft Corporation
- Country of origin
- United States
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 70 kt
- Max speed
- 137 kt
- Service ceiling
- 13,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 200 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 2,500 lb
- Empty weight
- 857 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 20 US gal
- Powerplant
- Continental O-200
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 30.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 57.1 ft
- Height
- 9.3 ft
- Number built
- 2
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.