Scheibe Falke


The Scheibe SF-25 Falke is a German touring motor glider developed from the earlier Bergfalke glider by Scheibe Flugzeugbau. Since May 2006 the business has been run by Scheibe Aircraft GmbH.

Development

The company had produced the Motor Spatz but decided to produce a better light aircraft based on the Bergfalke glider. It had a new forward fuselage with an enclosed cockpit with two side-by-side seats and originally a Hirth F10A2a engine in the nose. It first flew in May 1963 as the SF-25A Motor Falke. After an initial batch of aircraft the wing was lowered and it was renamed as just the SF-25B Falke. A number of variants were built with various engines and the type was licence built by Sportavia-Putzer, Aeronautica Umbra, Loravia and Slingsby. The current model is the SF 25C. It is currently available with a choice of three engines: the Rotax 912 80 hp, the Rotax 912S and the Rotax 914F3.

Variants

;SF-25A Motor Falke
;SF-25B Falke
;SF-25C Falke
;SF-25D Falke
;SF-25E Super Falke
;SF-25K K-Falke
;Slinsgby T61 Falke/Slingsby Venture

Operators

Byron Bay gliding club have re-engined using a Jabiru 2200.
"We get a sound 500 ft/min climb rate measured with a logger and this aircraft will take an honest 190kg pay load with 1 hour of fuel"