Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-10 Schirokko

SB-10 Schirokko
Role Two-seat high performance sailplane
National origin West Germany
Manufacturer Akaflieg Braunschweig
First flight 22 July 1972
Number built 1


The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-10 Schirokko is a German two-seat high performance sailplane designed and built by students of Brunswick University.[1] The sailplane was not intended for production.[1]

Design

The SB-10 is a cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane with a steel-tube structure fuselage and it used the wings from the earlier SB-9 Stratus.[1] The two crew sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit with a Plexiglas canopy, and it is fitted with dual instrumentation.[1] The landing gear is a sprung retractable monowheel with a tail bumper.[1] The wingtips are interchangeable and two types can be fitted to give a 26m or 29m span.[1] The wing center section, its main spar and wing shells of 8m length were built using carbon fiber, a first in civil aircraft structure manufacturing.

Specifications (with 29m wing)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74[1]

General characteristics

Performance

See also


Related lists

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Taylor 1973, p. 546

Bibliography

  • Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00117-5. 


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