Moazagotl (glider)
| Grunau 7 Moazagotl | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Glider |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
1933 |
| Commissioning: |
1933 |
| Production time: |
1932/1933 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 |
The Moazagotl , also Grunau 7 , was a high-performance glider by Wolf Hirth that was built in 1933. Characteristic of the braced high- wing aircraft is its gull wing , which is heavily swept after the bend .
history
The Moazagotl cloud formation inspired Wolf Hirth to name a new glider. Hirth realized that it makes sense to fly quickly from thermal source to thermal source. He commissioned Friedrich Wenk (design) and Edmund Schneider to build a suitable glider. This is presented for the first time on the Rhön in 1933 . In 1934 he flew with the Moazagotl on a South America expedition which had been organized by Walter Georgii and in which Heini Dittmar , Peter Riedel and Hanna Reitsch also took part. At the end of the war in 1945, the aircraft, meanwhile used by the Hornberg Reich Sailing School near Schwäbisch Gmünd , was burned when the US troops approached.
The Moazagotl served as a template for the reduced further development Minimoa , of which over 100 copies were made.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| span | 20.00 m |
| length | 7.00 m |
| height | 1.30 |
| Wing area | 20.00 m² |
| Wing extension | 20th |
| Wing loading | 13.50 kg / m² without ballast 16.99 kg / m² with ballast |
| Glide ratio | 23 at 55 km / h |
| slightest sinking | 0.58 m / s at 48 km / h |
| Empty mass | 190 kg |
| Payload | 80 kg without ballast 130 kg with ballast |
| Takeoff mass | 270 kg without ballast 320 kg with ballast |
| Water ballast | 50 kg |
| Minimum speed | 45 km / h |
| speed limit | 150 km / h |
| profile | Gö 535 modified |
literature
- K. Anders and H. Eichelbaum: Dictionary of aviation . Quelle and Meyer, Leipzig 1937
- Martin Simons: Gliders 1920–1945. 4th edition, Eqip, Bonn 2017, ISBN 3-9806773-6-2 , pp. 93-96
Web links
- www.knzink.de : Photo and drawings
Individual evidence
- ^ Helmut Schneider: Airplane Type Book. Handbook of the German aviation and accessories industry. Reprint of the original edition from 1944. Gondrom, Bindlach 1986, ISBN 3-8112-0484-X , p. 134
- ↑ Hartmut Buch: Gliding. Transpress, Berlin 1980, p. 202