Single-Seater Glider for First Solo Flights
The SZD-51-1 JUNIOR is a single-seater glider specially designed for first solo flights. It is recognized throughout the whole gliding community as super solid, safe and nice to handle. JUNIOR is also used for basic and thermal training, cross-country flights and first club class competitions. Great for ridge soaring and wave flying adventures. Last but not least, the JUNIOR’s key to success is the air foil, which has been developed for safe handling and with gentle stall characteristics.
Without a doubt, this schooling sailplane is the right choice for pilots looking for first-time success in cross-country flights.
- Span
- 15 m
- Max. take off mass
- 380 kg
- Never exceed speed
- 220 km/h
- Stalling speed
- 60 km/h
Junior – Gliding Made Simple
The high level of use and continued demand of hundreds of JUNIORs worldwide has proven its value and safety. It is an excellent transitional glider between a two-seat schooling and a standard class glider. The glider is especially designed without flaps and water ballast, and has a non-retractable landing gear with an aerodynamic wheel fairing, which makes it easy to fly and safe in low and high-speed manoeuvres.
Features of the Junior
The JUNIOR has a backrest and headrest that can be adjusted for different seating positions. Its robust airframe with a high wing and T-tail configuration, combined with a strong, oversized tyre, make this glider safe for outfield landings. Its simple and light structure, and the automatic connections of all drives render assembling and disassembling processes intuitive, fast, and efficient. The glider is easy to manoeuvre in the hangar and on the airfield, and can be supported by a small retractable handle at the bottom part of the fin.
Junior – for Stress-Free First Solo Flights with a Glider
Its simplicity in flight, its easy and fast rigging, as well as its pleasant ground handling, make the JUNIOR one of the most popular ships in clubs.
Junior – for Optimising the Training Offered in Any Gliding Club
| Span | 15,00 | m |
| Length | 6,69 | m |
| Height | 1,57 | m |
| Wing area | 12,51 | m² |
| Aspect ratio | 18,00 | |
| Empty glider mass | 238 | kg |
| Max. take off mass | 380 | kg |
| Wing loading range | 24,6-30,4 | kg/m² |
| Load factors | +5,30 -2,65 |
m |
| Maximum L/D at |
35 80 |
km/h |
| Minimum sinking at |
0,58 70 |
m/s km/h |
| Never exceed speed | 220 | km/h |
| Stalling speed | 55 | km/h |
Design life: 15 000 hours
Actual approved operating time: 12 000 hours
Factory warranty: 24 months
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