Akaflieg Munich Mü 6

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Akaflieg Munich Mü 6
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Type: Glider
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Akaflieg Munich

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
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

  1. ↑ The Mü 6 on the Akaflieg Munich website , accessed on July 6, 2012