page_title: Schweizer SGS 2-32
section_title: Specifications (2-32)
hierarchical_section_title: Schweizer SGS 2-32 / Specifications (2-32)
caption_attribution_description: English: I took this photo on Oahu HI in 1993.
context_page_description: The Schweizer SGS 2-32 is an American two-seat, mid-wing, two or three-place glider built by Schweizer Aircraft of Elmira, New York.
  The 2-32 was designed to be the highest performance two-place glider available, when it first flew in 1962. The 2-32 has been used as a tourist glider, trainer, cross-country and high-altitude sailplane and has set many US and world records. A total of 87 aircraft were completed.
context_section_description: Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II and Colorado Soaring Association 
  General characteristics
  Crew: one
  Capacity: two passengers
  Length: 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
  Wingspan: 57 ft 0 in (17.37 m)
  Height: 4 ft 0 in (1.22 m) at cockpit
  Wing area: 180 sq ft (16.7 m²)
  Aspect ratio: 18.05
  Airfoil: Root – NACA 63₃618, Mid – NACA 63₃618, Tip NACA 43 012A
  Empty weight: 831 lb (377 kg) equipped
  Gross weight: 1,430 lb (648 kg) Above 608 kg (1340 lb) only utility class
  Performance
  Stall speed: 46 mph (74 km/h, 40 kn)
  Never exceed speed: 157 mph (252 km/h, 136 kn)
  g limits: +5.8 -3.8 at  164.0 mph; 142.5 kn (264 km/h)
  Maximum glide ratio: 35 at 55.9 mph; 48.6 kn (90 km/h)
  Rate of sink: 124 ft/min (0.63 m/s) at 46.0 mph; 40.0 kn (74 km/h)
  Wing loading: 6.0 lb/sq ft (29.3 kg/m²)
caption: Two SGS 2-32s used for tourist flights, Dillingham Airfield Oahu, 1993
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