Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38 Explained
The
Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38 is a
German, single-seat, Standard Class
sailplane that was designed and built by the Fliegergruppe of Darmstadt University.
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. 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. The D-38 was, in effect, the prototype of the successful Glaser-Dirks DG-100 competition Standard class glider.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Book: Taylor. John W.R. . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. 1973. Jane's Yearbooks . London, United Kingdom. 0-354-00117-5.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Darmstadt D-38. www.akaflieg.tu. de. 19 January 2012. Darmstadt.
