The Aviastroitel AC-7M is a Russian mid-wing, T-tailed, two-seats in side-by-side configuration motor glider that was designed by Vladimir Egorovich Fedorov and produced by Aviastroitel, now Glider Air Craft.
Development of the AC-7M was started in 2002, it was first flown in 2005 and by 2006 two prototypes had been completed.
The AC-7M is a conventional self-launching sailplane, but is equipped with a more powerful retractable pusher configuration Hirth F30A25A two stroke engine than is normal in these types, allowing it to be also used as a glider tug and as touring motor glider. The aircraft is capable of cruising at for while burning only of fuel.
The AC-7M uses a two bladed wooden propeller of diameter. The span wing employs a Wortmann FX60-157 airfoil and mounts Fowler flaps. The wings are mounted on the fuselage with a single cam-pin and the ailerons and air brakes hook-up automatically. The fixed landing gear consists of a narrow track pair of rubber-suspended main wheels, a nose wheel and a tail caster. The main wheels incorporate lever-actuated drum brakes. The cockpit can accommodate pilots up to in height. The canopy provides 300ð field of view and is jettisonable. Assembly from its trailer takes four people 20 minutes.
The AC-7M was later developed into the unpowered and redesigned AC-7.