Diamond HK36 Super Dimona

The HK36 Super Dimona belongs to a large Austrian family of low-wing, T-tailed, two-seat motor gliders designed by Wolf Hoffmann and now produced by Diamond Aircraft Industries. The line began with the Hoffmann H36 Dimona touring motorglider of the early 1980s, which received United States certification in July 1986. Built entirely of fibreglass with a Wortmann airfoil and Schempp-Hirth style airbrakes, the aircraft seats two side by side under a hinged bubble canopy, and its wings can optionally be folded by two people for storage. The HK36R, improved by Dieter Kohler, first flew in October 1989, and later versions added wingspan and winglets to reach a 28 to 1 glide ratio. With a more powerful Rotax engine it can tow gliders. More than 900 H36 and HK36 aircraft have been completed, and the design was the basis of the Diamond DV20 Katana and the DA20 and DA40 series.