Eastbourne International Airshow 2017
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TWISTER<br />
AEROBATICS<br />
TEAM<br />
FLYING TIMES<br />
Sun 20:20<br />
Formed in<br />
2010, the team<br />
have performed at<br />
events across Europe<br />
and the Middle East<br />
showcasing the highly<br />
efficient Silence<br />
Twister aircraft.<br />
The team, led<br />
by Peter Wells,<br />
are very versatile<br />
performing daytime<br />
aerial ballets and<br />
unique evening<br />
displays with specially<br />
developed pyrotechnic<br />
effects and are the<br />
only formation team<br />
in Europe performing<br />
this style of display. On<br />
Sunday 20th August you<br />
will be able to witness the<br />
acclaimed pyro display in the<br />
skies above <strong>Eastbourne</strong> ahead<br />
of the firework finale! As well<br />
as the wingtip pyrotechnics,<br />
the aircraft also feature high<br />
powered spot lamps to illuminate<br />
the display smoke and coloured<br />
LEDs along the aircraft fuselage.<br />
The Silence Twister started life as<br />
a world beating radio controlled<br />
aerobatic machine simply known as<br />
the Twister. It had been developed<br />
by Matthias and Thomas Strieker in<br />
Germany and was so successful that<br />
they decided to build a “real” version<br />
of the model.<br />
DIMENSIONS<br />
Length: 6.18m<br />
Wingspan: 7.5m<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
Max Speed: 161mph<br />
POWERPLANT<br />
1 x UL-Power<br />
UL260iSA engine<br />
DID YOU KNOW?<br />
The production technique used in the Twister bucks<br />
the trend in light aircraft as it uses a honeycomb<br />
core rather than a foam core to separate the thin<br />
layers of glass fibre for the fuselage and wing to<br />
make the structure lightweight and very tough.<br />
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