Akaflieg Munich Mü 1

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"Vogel Roch" (Mü 1)
Mü 1 "Vogel Roch"
Type: Glider , seaplane
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Fick and Menzel boatyard

Number of pieces:

1

The Vogel Roch (later also referred to as Mü 1) was a glider belonging to the student flying group Akaflieg Munich .

history

Roderich Fick designed the “Vogel Roch”, built in 1925 at the Fick and Menzel shipyard in Herrsching am Ammersee. In 1928 the "Vogel Roch II" was created with rectangular tail surfaces.

The water-glider was towed into the air with a motorboat and tested.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
span 12.62 m
Wing area 16 m²
Wing extension 9.9
Wing profile Gö 441
Empty mass 135 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 215 kg
  • Vogel Roch 01.jpg
  • Vogel Roch 02.jpg
  • Vogel Roch 03.jpg

See also

literature

  • Frank-Dieter Lemke, Rolf Jacob: Research - Build - Fly. The Academic Fliegergruppen (Akaflieg) in Germany until 1945. Part 1. In: FliegerRevue extra, issue 29, June 2010, pp. 18–31.

Web links

Commons : Akaflieg München Mü1 Vogel Roch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Jürgen Becker: Seaplanes - flying boats, amphibians, float planes . In: German aviation . 1st edition. tape 21 . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-7637-6106-3 , p. 107 .
  2. ↑ The Mü 1 on the Akaflieg Munich website , accessed on November 6, 2017