|
| Span |
Area |
Empty Weight |
Payload |
Gross Weight |
Wing Load |
Water Ballast |
| m |
ft |
sq.m |
sq.ft |
kg |
lb. |
kg |
lb. |
kg |
lb. |
kg
/sq.m |
lb.
/sq.ft |
kg |
lb. |
| 18 |
59.1 |
18.39 |
198 |
230 |
508 |
105 |
230 |
335 |
738 |
18.22 |
3.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Aspect
ratio: |
17.46 |
| Airfoil: |
Go 549-M2 |
| Structure: |
wood/fabric wing and tail, wood fuselage |
| Engine: |
|
Comment:
One of the classic pre-World War II designs, the
Weihe first appeared in 1938 and became the
standard high performance sailplane used
throughout Europe. Produced first by the
Deutches Forschungsinstitut fur Segelfug (German
Research Institute for Soaring Flight) ( D.F.S.)
and then in large numbers by the Jacobs Schweyer
factory and elsewhere in Germany before and
during the war, it continued in production from
the original German plans after the war in
Spain, Sweden and Yugoslavia. The J.S. version
differed slightly from the D.F.S. model by
having a slightly longer nose and larger canopy.
Originally produced with D.F.S. airbrakes of
limited effectiveness, some late production
examples have Schempp-Hirth type airbrakes.
Focke-Wulf produced a post-war development knowm
as the Weihe 50 with a blown canopy, some of
which had a fixed main wheel instead of a
jettisonable dolly. The Weihe set a large number
of world records in the postwar years, won World
Championships in 1948 at Samedan. |
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