Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38

D-38
Role Single-seat Standard Class sailplane
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Akaflieg Darmstadt
First flight 19 December 1972

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

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 or ailerons and the sailplane 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]

Specifications

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

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Taylor 1973, p. 546

Bibliography

  • Taylor, ed (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 354 00117 5.