Akaflieg Berlin B5
{{Short description|German single-seat glider, 1937}}
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The Akaflieg Berlin B5 was a glider built in Germany in the late 1930s. It featured a high-wing, cantilever sailplane configuration of all-wood construction, with cantilevered gull-wings, retractable landing-gear, all-moving-tail, dive air-brakes.{{cite journal |title=Segelflugzeug B 5 |journal=Flugsport |date=August 1937 |issue=16 |pages=416–418. |language=German}}
Specifications (B5)
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|ref=,{{cite book |last1=Wefeld |first1=Hans Joachim |title=75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995 |date=1995 |publisher=Akademische Fliegergruppe Berlin e.V. |pages=48–49, 60–61 |language=German }} Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) |title=Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 |date=1944 |publisher=Herm. Beyer Verlag |location=Leipzig |isbn=381120484X |edition=Facsimile reprint 1986 |language=German |page=282}}
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|length m=6.15
|span m=15
|height m=1.24
|wing area sqm=11
|wing area note=
- Length de-rigged: {{cvt|7.28|m|0}}
- Width de-rigged (without tailplane): {{cvt|1|m|0}}
- Width de-rigged (with tailplane): {{cvt|2.5|m|0}}
- Height de-rigged: {{cvt|1.24|m|0}}
|aspect ratio=20.45
|airfoil= root Göttingen 549; mid span Göttingen 497; tip Göttingen 497
|empty weight kg=140
|gross weight kg=225
|max takeoff weight kg=
|more general=
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=228
|never exceed speed note=
- Aerotow speed: {{cvt|120|km/h|mph kn}}
|g limits=+8 (ultimate)
|glide ratio=30.5:1 at {{cvt|76|km/h|mph kn}}
|sink rate ms=0.67
|sink rate note=at {{cvt|64|km/h|mph kn}}
|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=20.45
|more performance=
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See also
References
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Category:1930s German sailplanes