Akaflieg Berlin B6
| B6 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Sailplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Akaflieg Berlin |
| First flight | 1938 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Akaflieg Berlin B6 was a glider built in Germany in the late 1930s. It featured a high-wing, cantilevered mid-wing sailplane configuration with Junkers-flaps, retractable landing gear, all moving tail, dive air brakes, wood and steel body.[1]
Specifications (B6)
Data from 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 14.6 m2 (157 sq ft)
- Length de-rigged: 7.7 m (25 ft)
- Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
- Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
- Height de-rigged: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
- Aspect ratio: 17.53
- Airfoil: NACA 43012
- Empty weight: 155 kg (342 lb)
- Gross weight: 240 kg (529 lb)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 30:1 at 68 km/h (42 mph; 37 kn)
- Rate of sink: 0.58 m/s (114 ft/min) at 54 km/h (34 mph; 29 kn)
- Wing loading: 16.42 kg/m2 (3.36 lb/sq ft)
See also
References
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- ^ "Segelflugzeug B 5". Flugsport (in German) (16): 418–420. August 1937.
- ^ Wefeld, Hans Joachim (1995). 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995 (in German). Akademische Fliegergruppe Berlin e.V. pp. 50–51, 62–63.
- ^ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 283. ISBN 381120484X.