The Akaflieg Berlin B8 was a German sailplane built in the late 1930s for the 1939 Olympic games glider competition in Rome. It was a high-wing sailplane with a cantilever shoulder-wing, dive air-brakes and all wood construction.[1][2]
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| B8 V2 | |
| Role | Sailplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Akaflieg Berlin |
| First flight | 1939 |
| Number built | 2 |
Specifications (variant specified)
editData from ,[3] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
- Height: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 15.6 m2 (168 sq ft)
- Length de-rigged: 7.1 m (23 ft)
- Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 0.65 m (2 ft 2 in)
- Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 3 m (10 ft)
- Height de-rigged: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
- Aspect ratio: 14.41
- Airfoil: root:Göttingen 549; mid-span: Göttingen 535; tip: Göttingen 535; tail unit: NACA 0012
- Empty weight: 165 kg (364 lb)
- Gross weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
Performance
- Maximum glide ratio: 23:1 at 68 km/h (42 mph; 37 kn)
- Rate of sink: 0.7 m/s (140 ft/min) at 56 km/h (35 mph; 30 kn)
- Wing loading: 16.65 kg/m2 (3.41 lb/sq ft)
See also
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- ^ a b Schneider, Helmut (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie. 5. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (in German). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 284.
- ^ Wefeld, Hans Joachim (1995). 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995 (in German). Akademische Fliegergruppe Berlin e.V. pp. 52, 64–65.
- ^ Schneider, Helmut (1941). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie. 5. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (in German). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 170.