Information About

Hotliner




  • Sailplane with at least aileron and Elevator control.

  • Electric motor.

  • Can climb at an angle of 70 degrees or more.


Hotliners have been around since the early 1990s and became popular almost a decade later.


HISTORY

Hans-Dieter Levin first proposed this term in his test of the ''Aeronaut Sinus'' in a German Magazine . Originally, it was an electric sailplane with ailerons, capable of flying a bit faster than the usual Rudder and elevator gasbags typical for that period. He tested the Sinus with a Speed 600 motor with an 8x4.5 prop and a 7 cell NiCad as well, so the fast, >70° climb was not part of the original definition. The hotliner term has since evolved, fast climb also seems to be part of it these days. Not so fast aileron electrics have thus become Warmliner s.