Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38

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D-38
General information
TypeSingle-seat Standard Class sailplane
National originGermany
Manufacturer Akaflieg Darmstadt
History
First flight19 December 1972
Developed into Glaser-Dirks DG-100

The Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38 is a German, single-seat, Standard Class sailplane that was designed and built by the Fliegergruppe of Darmstadt University. [1]

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Design

The D-38 is a cantilever, shoulder-wing monoplane with a glassfibre/balsa sandwich shell structure fuselage and wing, the wing has no flaps and has a T-tail. [1] The pilot has a semi-reclining seat in an enclosed cockpit with a transparent canopy and the landing gear is a manual retracting monowheel gear with a tailskid. [1] The D-38 was, in effect, the prototype of the successful Glaser-Dirks DG-100 competition Standard class glider. [2]

Specifications

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

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Taylor 1973, p. 546
  2. ↑ "Darmstadt D-38" (in German). Darmstadt: www.akaflieg.tu. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

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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