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The Altinger Lenticular is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
single-seat
FAI Standard Class glider
Glider may refer to:
Aircraft and transport Aircraft
* Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of glidin ...
designed and built by
Theo Altinger.
Design and development
The Lenticular 15S was built with financial assistance from the Argentine Soaring Association for use by flying clubs in Argentina.
The glider was built in time to enter the gliding national championship in 1972.
The Lenticular 15S is a cantilever
mid-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
monoplane with a
glass-fibre semi-
monocoque structure and a cantilever
T-tail
A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane is mounted to the top of the fin. The arrangement looks like the capital letter T, hence the name. The T-tail differs from the standard configuration in which the tailplane is ...
.
The pilot has a fully enclosed cockpit with a
transparent canopy.
The Lanticular 15S has a retractable
monowheel landing gear with a semi-recessed tailwheel.
Specifications
See also
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I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú
The I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú, sometimes known as the Horten XVa after its designer Reimar Horten, was a two-seat tailless Glider (sailplane), glider built in Argentina. Two single-seat variants competed unsuccessfully in the 1952 World Gliding Champio ...
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I.Ae. 41 Urubú
The I.Ae.41 Urubú was a two-seat flying wing tailless Glider (sailplane), glider, built in Argentina by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) in the 1950s.
History
In 1951 some airclubs requested from the Department of Aeronautics (Secretaría ...
References
Notes
Bibliography
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1970s Argentine sailplanes
Glider aircraft
T-tail aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1972
Mid-wing aircraft