DFS Rhönsperber

DFS Rhönsperber
Type:	Glider in timber
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	German research institute for gliding

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
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

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 .

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"