Silent 2 quick-build kits are amongst the most complete available. Alisport is pleased to offer two versions:

• Silent 2: light sailplane
  (meets FAI Class DU weight requirements)
  
• Silent 2: fuel-injected self-launch version
  (with mono-blade propeller)

Everything required to build your Silent 2 is included in the kit except hand-tools and paint. An upgrade kit is avalailable to convert the pure glider to the self-launch version.

The self-launch Silent kit adds another dimension to the pure sailplane. In addition to the standard airframe, it also includes Alisport's 28hp air-cooled engine, tuned exhaust system, vibration counterbalancer, battery, computer controlled mapped fuel-injection and electronic ignition system, fuel tank with high-pressure pump & filter, counter-balanced mono-blade propeller, belt-reduction system, pre-welded and powder-coated support frame, electromechanical mechanism, mechanism doors, throttle control, instrument panel controls, tachometer & hour-meter, and all necessary hardware.

In all cases, critical and difficult-to-make components are prefabricated using Alisport factory tooling/jigs and supplied in ready-to-use or near ready-to-use condition. This leaves the less-critical construction steps, assembly, and finishing to the builder. The photos below show most of the prefabricated parts. For example, the fuselage halves are joined, tubular steel structures are pre-welded and powder coated, the spars are complete with precision jigged spar-pin bushings, and the sandwich wing skins are bonded to the spar and rib. This approach has the advantage of assuring those builders without previous construction experience that their Silent 2 will have the structural integrity and performance capability as intended by the factory.

A very detailed and illustrated Construction and Workshop Manual is supplied with the kit. We estimate that a builder, with minimum skill, can build a Silent 2 in about 350 hours; another 150 hours are required to build the fuel-injected
self-launch version.

Silent 2 Brochure
	(1,577 kb) KIT Construction and Workshop Manual
	(1,123 kb) ENGLISH	(1,255 kb) FRENCH
SILENT 2 QUICK-BUILD KITS
		The Silent 2 quick-build components are produced using factory tooling & jigs and leave the less-critical construction steps, assembly, and finishing to the builder.
The KITS include all other components for assembly of your Silent. To ensure both performance and safety, all materials meet the highest quality standards.
		A separate KIT, which includes all the self-launch components and hardware, is available to upgrade your pure glider to the self-launch version.

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