page_title: Schleicher ASK 16
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Schleicher ASK 16 / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: Schleicher AS-K16 motor glider at Speyer-Edry airfield, Germany, showing the retractable undercarriage and canopy opening sideways
context_page_description: The ASK 16 was designed by Rudolf Kaiser for production by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co of Furth, Germany. The aircraft is of welded tube, wood and fabric construction and has a low-set high-aspect-ratio wing.
  Seating is side-by-side for two persons under a fully transparent side-hinged canopy. The standard powerplant is a 72 hp Limbach L1700 driving a Hoffman variable-pitch propeller.
  The ASK 16 has a retractable tail-wheel undercarriage with the main units mounted under the wings and retracting inwards. It is fitted with dual controls to permit use in the primary training role.
context_section_description: Data from Airlife's World Aircraft, Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Capacity: 290 kg (640 lb)
  Length: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
  Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
  Height: 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
  Wing area: 19 m² (200 sq ft)
  Aspect ratio: 13.5
  Empty weight: 460 kg (1,014 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
  Powerplant: 1 × Limbach SL.1700.EBI 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
  Propellers: 2-bladed Hoffman variable-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Cruise speed: 170 km/h (106 mph; 92 kn)
  Stall speed: 70 km/h (43 mph; 38 kn)
  Never exceed speed: 200 km/h (124 mph; 108 kn)
  Maximum glide ratio: 25:1 power off
  Rate of climb: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min) powered
  Rate of sink: 1 m/s (200 ft/min)
  Wing loading: 36.8 kg/m² (7.5 lb/sq ft)
  Take-off run: 230 m (750 ft)
  Landing run: 200 m (660 ft)
caption: Scleicher ASK 16 showing arrangement of underwing retractable undercarriage and side-hinged canopy
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