Akaflieg Munich Mü 5

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Akaflieg Munich Mü 5 "Wastl"
The MÜ 5 "Wastl"
Type: Glider
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Akaflieg Munich

First flight:

1930

Number of pieces:

1

The Akaflieg Munich Mü 5 "Wastl" was a non-flightable glider of the student flight group Akaflieg Munich , which was designed as a tailless aircraft .

history

In the late 1920s, several designers were working on tailless aircraft. Akaflieg München built the Mü 5 in just three months in 1930, which was also known as the flying egg because of its shape . August Kupper and Egon Scheibe , among others , were involved in the design. In the first few attempts, the aircraft flew only a few seconds before it tilted sideways. Despite some revisions, this problem could not be resolved and so the prototype soon broke during an attempt to fly and joined the long series of unsuccessful tailless aircraft projects.

variants

With the Mü 7 there were plans to use the wings of the Mü 5 "Wastl" for a project of a low-wind sailplane. However, the project was not carried out due to lack of time.

Technical specifications

Mü 5
Parameter Data
crew 1
span 13.4 m
Wing area 16.54 m²
Wing extension 16.4
Empty mass 140 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 220 kg

See also

literature

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

Web links

Commons : Akaflieg München Mü5 Wastl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank-Dieter Lemke, Rolf Jacob: Research - Build - Fly. The Academic Fliegergruppen (Akaflieg) in Germany until 1945. Part 1. In: Flieger Revue extra, 29th issue, June 2010, p. 19.
  2. ↑ The Mü 5 “Wastl” on the Akaflieg Munich website , accessed on July 6, 2012
  3. ↑ The Mü 7 on the Akaflieg Munich website , accessed on July 6, 2012