page_title: Jonker JS-3 Rapture
section_title: Design and development
hierarchical_section_title: Jonker JS-3 Rapture / Design and development
caption_attribution_description: D-KKCT M &amp; D Flugzeugbau JS-MD3 Rapture @ Friedrichshafen 10/04/2019
context_page_description: The Jonker JS-3 Rapture is a glider built of glass-fibre, carbon fibre and Kevlar. It has a 15 m wingspan.
  The manufacturer is Jonker Sailplanes of Potchefstroom South Africa, founded in 2004 by two brothers, Attie and Uys Jonker. The structural and chief designer is Attie Jonker, while the airfoil and main aerodynamic features were developed by Johan Bosman in co-operation with the Delft University of Technology.
  The first flight of the JS-3 was on 12 December 2016.
context_section_description: Type certification of the JS-MD 3 was achieved with EASA on 18 July 2019.
  The JS3 is equipped with Tost nose and c.ofg. release hools, retractable main undercarriage leg with elastomeric shock absorbers, fixed pneumatic 180 mm (7.09 in) tail wheel  with aluminium hub. A retractable 150 mm (5.91 in) tail wheel can be fitted in place of the fixed tailwheel. Provision is made to fit 2 x 12V LiFePo 7Ah/10Ah main batteries with fuse box in luggage compartment recessed battery boxes, accessible from cockpit. Conmmunications and navigation are improved through the use of a Goose-neck microphone, two independent speakers for radio, with antenna in the rudder and a navigation computer in the instrument panel.
caption: JS-3 Rapture
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