Grunau 9
| Grunau 9 | |
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| Type: | Glider |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: |
Edmund Schneider, Grunau (ESG) |
| First flight: |
1929 |
| Commissioning: |
1929 |
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The Grunau 9 is a school glider from the early days of gliding .
history
Edmund Schneider developed the glider based on the school glider by Gottlob Espenlaub in 1929 . The construction consisted of a simple, stable, unclad lattice fuselage and a rectangular wing, which could easily be reproduced with low material costs.
The aircraft was nicknamed "Skull Cleaver" because of a strut in front of the pilot, which he could hit his head on when landing. Although no accident with serious injuries due to this part of the lattice hull has been reported, the pilot sat in front of the lattice framework on the following SG 38 .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| length | 4.9 m |
| span | 10.75 m |
| Wing area | 15.3 m² |
| Wing extension | 7.55 |
| Glide ratio | 10 |
| Slightest sinking | 1.3 m / s |
| Empty mass | 95 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 190 kg |
| Wing loading | 12.4 kg / m² |
Received aircraft
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A glider built by the Jeløy Aviation Club between 1938 and 1940 and used at Rygge Airfield until 1959 is exhibited in the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø . The German Glider Museum is showing an airworthy replica from the 1980s.
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 .
