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
Data from Die deutschen Flugboote : Flugboote, Amphibien-Flugboote u. Projekte von 1909 bis zur Gegenwart, Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: 85 kg (187 lb)
- Length: 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 17.36 m (56 ft 11 in)
- Height: 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 18 m2 (190 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 16.75
- Airfoil: root: Göttingen 652; tip: Göttingen 535
- Empty weight: 240 kg (529 lb)
- Gross weight: 325 kg (717 lb)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
- Maximum glide ratio: 20:1
- Rate of sink: 0.8 m/s (160 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 18 kg/m2 (3.7 lb/sq ft)
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