DFS Seeadler
{{Short description|German flying boat sailplane, 1936}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
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|name=DFS Seeadler }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type=Flying boat sailplane |national origin=Germany |manufacturer=Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug |designer=Hans Jacobs |first flight=12 November 1936 |number built=}} |
The DFS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) was a German flying boat sailplane designed by Hans Jacobs of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). It was version of the 1935 DFS Rhönadler, with a new fuselage and strongly gulled wings to keep them clear from spray. The aircraft was first flown in the summer of 1935, test piloted by Hanna Reitsch, and towed by a Dornier Do 12.
Specifications
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|ref=Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart, Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944
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|crew=one
|capacity={{cvt|85|kg|0}}
|length m=7.42
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|span m=17.36
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|height m=2.21
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|wing area sqm=18
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|aspect ratio=16.75
|airfoil=root: Göttingen 652; tip: Göttingen 535
|empty weight kg=240
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|gross weight kg=325
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|never exceed speed kmh=140
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|glide ratio=20:1
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|sink rate ms=0.8
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|wing loading kg/m2=18
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