Monnett Monerai

The Monnett Monerai is a sailplane that was developed in the United States in the late 1970s for homebuilding.

It is a conventional pod-and-boom design with a V-tail and a mid-mounted cantilever wing of constant chord.

It has bonded wing skins and incorporates 90° flaps for glide path control.

[1] A powered version was designed as the Monerai P with an engine mounted on a pylon above the wings.

[2] A version with extended wing tips is also available (Monerai Max) which increases the span to 12 m (39 ft) and raises the glide ratio from 28:1 to more than 30:1.