Taifun motorgliders on youtube

In several articles on this website you will find links to youtube movies. It would be easy if all these Taifun movies were to be found on one single page on the website.
And look: here it is!
Below you will find several youtube movies on our favourite motorglider. You can either click the arrow to watch the embedded version, or double-click the frame to watch the same movie on youtube.
Have fun!



Multiple touch-and-go's by Japanese Taifun JA 2362 (4 min. 52 sec.)

 
We didn't know there's a Japanese located Taifun 17E, but found one on youtube making multiple touch-and-go's on some small unknown Japanese airport .
If you know more about this plane, please contact us. We're curious ;-)






Startup + Takeoff - Taifun 17E at Schwenningen airport (4 min. 04 sec.)

 
Cockpit movie on D-KBLB taking off at Schwenningen airport (EDTS) made by Sammy T.





Taifun 17E II approaching the Scilly Islands & Guernsey (2 min. 09sec.)

 
Movie made by Urs Gerigk (D-KKGG) while approaching Scilly Final 33
and one day later while approaching Guernsey Final 27.
Read more on this trip (april 2006, D-KKGG & D-KFDI)
in the article Island Goals / Insel Ziele

Taifun 17E Must see ! (8 min. 37 sec.)

Made by the owners of D-KBLB stationed at AKAflieg-Tübingen.


Proud Taifun 17E owner Luc Vermeulen has made a compilation-movie on his recent 5 day trip from Belgium EBWE to Hungary LHKV (5 min. 13 sec.)

 
Click the arrow to watch the movie


On a 620 Nm flight the following FIR's were crossed with ATC Radar Services available all the way:
Belgium, Netherlands, Langen, Munich, Vienna and Budapest.
Fuel burned on 14 Hrs Flight time 220 Liters Altitudes flown from 1000 Ft till 10400Ft.
Longest stretch was 4Hr20 with a headwind from EBWE to LOLS in one go! On the return flight thermals gave us a free lift to 8000Ft only possible with a Motorglider.
A Taifun feels quite happy at hi-altitude, for the experts note the trottle setting and the manifold pressure in the movie at 10000 Ft...
(Luc Vermeulen)

From Eskilstuna (Sweden) to the Hassfurt Taifun meeting 2008 (Germany)
with SE-UCA (10 min. 14 sec.)

 
Click the arrow to watch the movie

Movie made by Swedish Pilot Daniel Petterson.

SE-UCA (the only Taifun 17EII capable of towing another glider),
towing an ASW 27b at Ekeby Sweden ( 6 min. 58 sec.)

 
Click the arrow to watch the movie

The Swedish Eskilstuna Flygklubb located at Ekeby airfield is the home base of one of the most remarkable Taifun motorgliders in the world; we're talking about SE-UCA, a Taifun 17E II. It's a unique motorglider, since it's the only Taifun in the world capable of towing another glider !
To make all of this possible, the usual 90 hp Limbach engine has been replaced with a 115 hp watercooled Rotax engine.
To most of us pilots Sweden is a bit far to go and watch SE-UCA, but thanks to its owners (Daniel Pettersson, Inger Westling, Pekka Havbrandt, Sakari Havbrandt and Tomas Hammarbäck) we are able to watch this special Taifun on youtube.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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