CIL Reghin Albatros

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RG-9 Albatros
RoleTandem seat glider
National origin Romania
ManufacturerComplexu Industrializare Lemnului - Reghin
DesignerVladimir Novitchi
First flight1 June 1958
Number built25

The CIL Reghin RG-9 Albatros was a tandem seat, all wood glider designed and produced in small numbers at the CIL (Complexu Industrializare Lemnului - Reghin) in Romania in the 1950s.

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Design and development

The Albatros was a wooden glider with a cantilever mid-set wing. The wings had a root chord of 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in), tapering to 0.66 m (2 ft 2 in) at the tip and carried 1.50° of dihedral. They were built around a single spar with a plywood covered leading edge torsion box in front of it and fabric covered behind. The wing carried wooden, fabric covered ailerons and airbrakes. [1]

The fuselage of the Albatros was a plywood monocoque and the empennage was also wooden and fabric covered, with the tailplane set at the top of the fuselage. The occupants sat in tandem under a continuous canopy with two separately sideways opening sections. It had a fixed undercarriage with two wheels on a short axle under the fuselage and an integral nose skid. At rest, it sat on its wheels and tail. [1]

The Albatros first flew on 1 June 1958. In all, 25 were built. [1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1966/7 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Taylor, John W R (1966). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966-67. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 399.
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