Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-10 Schirokko

SB-10 Schirokko
Role	Two-seat high performance sailplane
National origin	West Germany
Manufacturer	Akaflieg Braunschweig
First flight	22 July 1972
Produced	no
Number built	1

The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-10 Schirokko is a German two-seat high performance sailplane designed and built by students of Brunswick University.^[1] The sailplane was not intended for production.^[1]

Design

The SB-10 is a cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane with a steel-tube structure fuselage and it used the wings from the earlier SB-9 Stratus.^[1] The two crew sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit with a Plexiglas canopy, and it is fitted with dual instrumentation.^[1] The landing gear is a sprung retractable monowheel with a tail bumper.^[1] The wingtips are interchangeable and two types can be fitted to give a 26m or 29m span.^[1] The wing center section, its main spar and wing shells of 8m length were built using carbon fiber, a first in civil aircraft structure manufacturing.

Specifications (with 29m wing)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 10.36 m (33 ft 11.75 in)
• Wingspan: 29.00 m (95 ft 1.75 in)
• Height: 2.50 m (8 ft 2.5 in)
• Wing area: 22.95 m² (247 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 36.6
• Empty weight: 577 kg (1,272 lb)
• Gross weight: 897 kg (1,977 lb)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (124 mph, 108 kn)
• Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
• g limits: +5.3
• Maximum glide ratio: 53
• Rate of sink: 0.41 m/s (81 ft/min)

See also

Related lists

• List of gliders

References

Notes

1. Taylor 1973, p. 546

Bibliography

• Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00117-5.