Editing Advanced Soaring Concepts Spirit

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 | type=[[Glider (sailplane)|Glider]]
 | national_origin=[[United States]]
 | manufacturer=[[Advanced Soaring Concepts]]
 | designer=[[Tor Jensen]]
 | first_flight=1992
 | introduction=1992
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The '''Advanced Soaring Concepts Spirit''', also called the '''Advanced Soaring Concepts American Spirit''', is an American [[mid-wing]], [[T-tail]]ed. single-seat, [[FAI Standard Class]] [[Glider (sailplane)|glider]] that was designed by [[Tor Jensen]] and produced by [[Advanced Soaring Concepts]], first flying in 1992. The aircraft was produced in kit form for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 300. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=336 |title=Spirit Advanced Soaring Concepts |accessdate=2 September 2011 |last=Activate Media |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820213308/http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/PlaneDetails.cfm?planeID=336 |archivedate=20 August 2011 }}</ref>

==Design and development==
The Spirit was the Standard Class design that paralleled the company's [[FAI 15-Metre Class]] [[Advanced Soaring Concepts Falcon|Falcon]].<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="SD" />

The aircraft is made from a welded steel tubing, with an [[Aramid]] reinforced cockpit section. Its {{convert|15|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing employs a [[Carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer]] [[Spar (aviation)|spar]] and carbon sandwich construction. The kit came with pre-molded fiberglass parts. The cockpit was designed to accommodate a pilot of up to {{convert|76|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} in height and weighing up to {{convert|260|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} with parachute.<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="SD" />
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==Specifications (Spirit)==
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==See also==
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* [[List of gliders]]
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[[Category:Glider aircraft]]
[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]
[[Category:1990s United States sailplanes]]
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