The AC-7 is derived from the
AC-7M motor glider, but with a significantly redesigned
fuselage. The AC-7 reduced fuselage wetted area as a result of eliminating the engine and propeller mounting space. It retains the two-seats in side-by-side configuration of the motor glider. Also revised is the complex four-wheeled fixed
landing gear of the AC-7M, replaced on the AC-7 by a conventional retractable tire, pneumatic-hydraulic suspended,
monowheel gear, with a lever-operated hydraulic
disc brake. The aircraft's span wing employs a Wortmann FX 60-157
airfoil, mounts
Fowler flaps and optional
winglets. The wings are mounted to the
fuselage with a single cam-pin and the
ailerons and
air brakes hook-up automatically. Like the AC-7M the AC-7
cockpit can accommodate pilots up to in height. The canopy provides 300° field of view and is jettisonable. ==Specifications (AC-7) ==