Comment:
The original all-fiberglass Open Class Cirrus
made its debut in 1967 and won the World Open
Class Chapionship at Leszno in Poland in 1968.
The prototype had a V-tail, but production
versions had a conventional horizontal tail the
with horizontal stabilizer set part way up the
fin. In addition to top-and-bottom spoilers, the
Cirrus has a substantial drogue chute built into
a little box on the bottom of the rudder to
provide glidepath control. There are no flaps,
and the landing gear is retractable.
German production ceased in 1971, but
manufacturing continued under license to the
Vazduhoplovno Tehnicki Centar in Vrsac,
Yugoslavia (Cirrus-VTC) until 1977. ATC.
Information on the history,
owning, maintaining, and flying the Cirrus can be
found on Jim Kellett's Cirrus web page at
http://classicsailplane.org/Cirrus. |
