Akaflieg Munich Mü 6
Akaflieg Munich Mü 6 | |
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Type: | Glider |
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Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
1931 |
Number of pieces: |
1 |
The Akaflieg München Mü 6 was a glider belonging to the student flying group Akaflieg München , with which the then new aircraft tow was tested.
history
After the technology of aircraft towing emerged as a starting aid for gliders at the end of the 1930s, the students at Akaflieg Munich decided to try this new technology. For this purpose, the two students Egon Scheibe and Viktor Urban designed the Mü 6. Their goal was to build a particularly light and robust plane. The first aircraft tows of the group (and some of the first ever) were carried out with a Messerschmitt Me 23 b at Akaflieg Munich in 1931. The last flight took place in August 1934, by then 23 hours had been completed with the single-seater.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 1 |
span | 14 m |
Wing area | 16.5 m² |
Wing extension | 10.9 |
Glide ratio | 15.5 |
Slightest sinking | 0.78 m / s at? km / h |
Empty mass | 125 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 210 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
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Mü 6 on the Akaflieg Munich website , accessed on July 6, 2012