Akaflieg Berlin B8
German single-seat glider, 1939
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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]
| Akaflieg Berlin B8 | |
|---|---|
B8 V2 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Sailplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Akaflieg Berlin |
| Number built | 2 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1939 |
Specifications (variant specified)
Data 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)
