K-7 Two Seat Training Glider

Great teaching platform - classroom in the sky.

K-7 on Final, Photos by Chris Ruf


Photo by Kevin Porter

Ready. Photo by Steven Kempf

Room for a Student or Buddy in the back. Photo by Tim McGowin

Glen Instructing in back. Photo by Steven Kempf

Flight lesson begins. Photo by Steven Kempf

Room 2. Photo by Steven Kempf

K-7 in Germany Photo by G. Mies

K-7 in Germany

Previous K-7 that SES had.

 
K-7 on Winch Launch, Photo by Chris Ruf.

SES's previous K-7 now with new colors
http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/3vues/3vues.html


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big brother to the Ka-8

K-7 Flight Manual

K-7 Polar

Schleicher K-7 on Wikipedia

Serial Number 7164

Schleicher Ka-7 Unofficial data from Sailplane Directory General Details Manufacturer: Schleicher Plane Name: Ka-7 Classified as: Unclassified Country Of Origin: Germany Designer: Rudolf Kaiser No. of Seats 2 No. Built 550     Performance: L/DMax: 26 80 kph / 43 kt / 50 mph     MinSink: 0.70 m/s / 2.3 fps / 1.36 kt       Specifications: Span Area Empty Weight Payload Gross Weight Wing Load Water Ballast m ft sq.m sq.ft kg lb. kg lb. kg lb. kg /sq.m lb. /sq.ft kg lb. 16 52.5 17.56 189 280 616 200 440 480 1056 27.34 5.6 0 0 Aspect ratio: 14.6 Airfoil: Go 533, 16/14% Structure: wood/ fabric wings and tail, steel-tube/ fabric fuselage Engine: Comment: The Ka-7 is a two-place tandem trainer which has very effective dive brakes. It once held the multi-place world record for speed around a 500 km. Triangle at 84 kph/ 45 kt/ 52 mph, set in South Africa in 1964. It succeeded the earlier Ka-2 model, differing mainly by the introduction of a steel tube, fabric covered fuselage in place of wood/ fabric. A modified plan exists to lower the wings to the mid position and fit a one piece canopy, which makes the modified glider (Ka-7/ 13) look very similar to its successor, the Schleicher Ka-13. The lowering of the wings greatly improves the visibility from the rear.