DFS Rhönsperber
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Type: | Glider in timber |
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The DFS Rhönsperber is a single-seat glider with a conventional cross tail that was designed for gliding in 1934 by Hans Jacobs from the German Research Institute . The shoulder decker has distinctive gull wing wings . It was the first glider with modern spoilers , which at that time were still designed as dive brakes for flying in clouds. The gliding index is 62.
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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constructor | Hans Jacobs |
Year of design | 1934 |
length | 6.05 m |
Wing area | 15.10 m² |
Elongation | 15.3 |
Glide ratio | 20th |
Slightest sinking | 0.72 m / s |
Payload | 90 kg |
Preparation mass | 177 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 267 kg |
Max. Wing loading | 17.70 kg / m² |
Minimum speed | 60 km / h |
Top speed (permitted) | 200 km / h (145 km / h) |
Max. Towing speed (aircraft tow) | 110 km / h |
Max. Towing speed (winch towing) | 85 km / h |
literature
- Peter F. Selinger: Glider stories: the gliders and gliders of the German Glider Museum with model flight on the Wasserkuppe . Stiftung Deutsches Segelflugmuseum Wasserkuppe with model flight, Gersfeld / Rhön 2004, ISBN 3-00-011649-4 .
- Peter Ocker: Hans Jacobs - pioneering life in aircraft construction . Self-published, Heidenheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039539-0 .
Web links
Commons : DFS Rhönsperber - collection of images, videos and audio files
- http://www.rhoensperber.de/ Website of a replica that is still flying
- http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmd/dtf/rhspr.htm Rhönsperber in "Luftfahrtmuseum.com"
- http://www.segelflugmuseum.de/dfs___rhoensperber___4123.html Rhönsperber on the "holy mountain of glider pilots"