Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-19 Glider Project ?
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On 7/12/1938 the FS 18 crashed and was destroyed .
The Akaflieg whished to built as soon as possible a new high performance sailplane .
The choice was to keep the external dimensions and shapes of the FS 18 , with improvements .
The designation was FS 18b , or FS 19 .
It was never completed , for war reason …
Here the FS 18 , the FS 18b/FS 19 should not have been very different :
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/akaflieg/projekte/die-flugzeuge/fs18/
The Akaflieg whished to built as soon as possible a new high performance sailplane .
The choice was to keep the external dimensions and shapes of the FS 18 , with improvements .
The designation was FS 18b , or FS 19 .
It was never completed , for war reason …
Here the FS 18 , the FS 18b/FS 19 should not have been very different :
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/akaflieg/projekte/die-flugzeuge/fs18/
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I had begun an Akaflieg Stuttgart designations list. Other unbuilt projects are listed below:
FS-18 - 1938 single-seat high-perf. sailplane, span 18 m
- FS-18 : Slightly gulled, cantilever wings
- FS-18b: [Project] enlarged flaps, becomes FS-19
-- Const. begun March 1941, abandoned after Dec 1942
FS-19 - [Project] Re-named FS-18b, const'n incomplete
- FS-19: As per FS-18b, elevators fold for transport
-- NB: FS-19 and FS-18b desig. used interchangably
FS-20 - [Project] Spring 1939, powered FS-17 devel.
- FS-20: 2 x 105 hp Hirth HM 504 air-cooled 4-cyl
-- FS-20 designed by Theo Knacke and Kuno Bältz
-- FS-20 drawings tranf. to Berliner Fachgruppe
FS-21 - [Project] 1952 completion of revised FS-19
- FS-21: Incorp. new aerodynamic knowledge to FS-19
-- Too much damage to partially-comp. FS-19 airframe
FS-22 - [Project] 2-seat glider, trapzoidal wing, span 18 m
- FS-22: Herbert Plasa design, leads to single-seat FS-23
Source: 1926-1976 50 Jahre AKAFLIEG STUTTGART, Akademische Fliegergruppe
Stuttgart e.V., Feb 1976
http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Books/50-Jahre-Akaflieg%20Stuttgart_s.pdf
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FS-18 - 1938 single-seat high-perf. sailplane, span 18 m
- FS-18 : Slightly gulled, cantilever wings
- FS-18b: [Project] enlarged flaps, becomes FS-19
-- Const. begun March 1941, abandoned after Dec 1942
FS-19 - [Project] Re-named FS-18b, const'n incomplete
- FS-19: As per FS-18b, elevators fold for transport
-- NB: FS-19 and FS-18b desig. used interchangably
FS-20 - [Project] Spring 1939, powered FS-17 devel.
- FS-20: 2 x 105 hp Hirth HM 504 air-cooled 4-cyl
-- FS-20 designed by Theo Knacke and Kuno Bältz
-- FS-20 drawings tranf. to Berliner Fachgruppe
FS-21 - [Project] 1952 completion of revised FS-19
- FS-21: Incorp. new aerodynamic knowledge to FS-19
-- Too much damage to partially-comp. FS-19 airframe
FS-22 - [Project] 2-seat glider, trapzoidal wing, span 18 m
- FS-22: Herbert Plasa design, leads to single-seat FS-23
Source: 1926-1976 50 Jahre AKAFLIEG STUTTGART, Akademische Fliegergruppe
Stuttgart e.V., Feb 1976
http://www.scalesoaring.co.uk/VINTAGE/Books/50-Jahre-Akaflieg%20Stuttgart_s.pdf
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