Motor glider
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A motor glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power. The FAI Gliding Commission Sporting Code definition is: a fixed-wing aerodyne equipped with a means of propulsio
DG-808B 18m self-launching
Carden-Baynes Auxiliary engine
Powerplant from a Schleicher ASH 26E self-launching motor glider, mounted on a test stand for maintenance at Alexander Schleicher in Poppenhausen, Germany. Counter-clockwise from top left: propeller hub, mast with belt guide, radiator, Wankel engine, muffler shroud.
Grob G 109B touring motor glider, with fibre-reinforced plastic construction.
Two-stroke engine
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A two-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-
Motor glider
…but instead have a cable to open decompression valves in each cylinder to allow the engine to turn freely for starting. Sustainer engines are typically two-stroke two-cylinder air-cooled engines in the range of 18–30 hp (14–22 kW). They are lighter in weight, and simpler to operate than self-launching powerplants…
1966 Saab Sport
A two-stroke minibike
Lateral view of a two-stroke Forty series British Seagull outboard engine; the serial number dates it to 1954/1955
A Cox Babe Bee 0.049 in3 (0.80 cm3) reed valve engine, disassembled, uses glow-plug ignition. Its mass is 64 g.