Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-5
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-5 | |
|---|---|
 AK-5 in Neresheim | |
| General information | |
| Type | Club class sailplane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Akaflieg Karlsruhe |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | June 1990[1] |
| Developed into | Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-5b |
The AK-5 is a single-seat club class sailplane designed and built in Germany by members of Akaflieg Karlsruhe.
The forward fuselage of the glider was taken from the Glasflügel 604 and the wings were built to the design of the Streifeneder-Hansen Falcon glider, an experimental prototype designed and built by Hansjörg Streifeneder. The cockpit interior was newly designed including a self-designed and built flight director / variometer system and parallelogram control input system similar to Glasflügel practice.[2]
