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The Binder EB28 is a German two-seat,
open-class self-launching powered sailplane designed and built by
Binder Motorenbau.
It first flew in 1986.
The EB28 is a composite-built two-seat
shoulder-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 con ...
monoplane with a conventional
T-type tailplane.
It has a retractable central
landing gear
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with a fixed tail wheel.
The wing has
Schempp-Hirth
Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH is a glider manufacturer based in Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany.
History
Martin Schempp founded his own company in Göppingen in 1935, with the assistance of Wolf Hirth.
The company was initially called "Sportfl ...
airbrakes on the upper wing surface and is fitted with water ballast tanks in the wing and vertical tail.
The EB28 has a retractable engine for self-launching and a safety hook for aero-towing.
It was developed into the single-seat
Binder EB29.
Variants
;EB28
:Production two-seat variant.
;EB28 edition
:Production two-seat variant with optional mechanical or electrical landing gear retraction and the ability to change the span of the wings. The standard EB28 can be modified to edition variant. The wings of the EB28 edition have been used for the single seat variant
EB29 with slight modifications.
Specifications (EB28)
References
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[{{cite web, url=http://www.binder-flugmotorenbau.de/eb28.html?&L=1, title=EB28 two-seater, publisher=Binder Motorenbau GmbH, accessdate=2016-09-27]
[{{cite web, url=https://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/EASA-TCDS-A.512_EB28-03-01082012.pdf, title=European Aviation Safety Agency Type-Certificate Data Sheet A.512, publisher=]European Aviation Safety Agency
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, date= 1 August 2012
2000s German sailplanes
EB28
Aircraft first flown in 1986
Shoulder-wing aircraft