Sportavia-Pützer SFS 31 Milan

SFS 31 Milan
Role Motor glider
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Sportavia-Pützer, Scheibe Flugzeugbau
First flight 31 August 1969[1]
Number built 14 by 1973[1]
Developed from Fournier RF-4, Scheibe SF-27

The Sportavia-Pützer SFS 31 Milan is a single-seat motor glider that was produced in Germany in the early 1970s.

The Milan was created by essentially combining the fuselage of the Fournier RF-4 with the wings of the Scheibe SF-27.[2][3][4] The resulting aircraft is a conventional motorglider design, a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a nose-mounted engine.[1][4] The undercarriage consists of a single retractable mainwheel, a fixed tailwheel, and an outrigger under each wing.[1][5] Construction is of wood, skinned in plywood and fabric.[1][5] The designation was created by combining the initials of the manufacturers involved (Sportavia, Fournier, and Scheibe), and adding together the model numbers of the two constituent aircraft designs.[1][4]

The SFS 31 prototype (registered D-KORO) first flew on 31 August 1969[1][4] and soon replaced the RF-4D in production at Sportavia-Pützer.[6] In 1971, Hans Huth piloted an SFS 31 to third place in the German national motorglider competition.[1][7]


Specifications

Data from Taylor 1977, p.560, except as noted

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taylor 1973, p.560
  2. ↑ Taylor 1989, p.838
  3. ↑ "Hanover Report", p.720
  4. 1 2 3 4 Hardy 1982, p.172
  5. 1 2 3 Hardy 1982, p.173
  6. ↑ Simpson 1995, p.378
  7. ↑ Ross 1971, p.14

References

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