Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug
Appearance
The Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (German for 'German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight' / 'German Institute for Glider Research'), or DFS , was formed in 1933 to centralise all gliding activity in Germany, under the directorship of Professor Walter Georgii. It was formed by the nationalisation of the Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) at Darmstadt.[1]: 76
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The DFS was involved in producing training sailplanes for the
Messerschmitt Me 163
rocket fighter.
In 1938, following a fatal accident at the
speed brake for gliders. The final design, produced by Wolfgang and Ulrich Hütter of Schempp-Hirth
, is used to this day and generally referred to as "Schempp-Hirth airbrakes".
List of some major DFS aircraft projects
- DFS Model 6
- Target glider (prototypes only), 1936
- DFS Model 12
- see Argus As 292 1937
- DFS 39
- Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
- DFS 40
- Lippisch-designed tail-less research aircraft
- DFS 193
- experimental aircraft
- DFS 194
- rocket-powered research aircraft, forerunner of Me 163
- DFS 228
- HIGH-ALTITUDE rocket-powered reconnaissance aircraft (prototype only)
- DFS 230
- transport glider (1600 produced)
- DFS 331
- transport glider (prototype)
- DFS 332
- DFS 346
- supersonic research aircraft
- Stamer-Lippisch Zögling 1
- basic trainer
- DFS Hangwind
- (Ridge Lift), basic trainer (twin boom)
- DFS Professor
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS E 32
- sailplane
- Einheitsschulflugzeug
- (Standard Flight Trainer), glider, basic flight trainer (foldable tail)
- DFS Fliege IIa
- (Fly), sailplane
- DFS Jacht 71
- Amphibious sailplane
- DFS Condor
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Rhönadler
- (Eagle of the Rhön), high-performance sailplane
- DFS Stanavo
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Weihe
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Zögling 33
- basic training glider
- DFS Hol's der Teufel
- (To Hell With It!), training glider
- DFS Moazag'otl
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Rhönbussard
- sailplane
- DFS São Paulo
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Präsident
- (President), high-performance sailplane
- DFS Rhönsperber
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Zögling 35
- updated version of the Zögling basic trainer
- DFS Habicht
- aerobatic sail-plane
- DFS Kranich
- (Crane), two-seat sailplane
- Schulgleiter 38
- basic training glider
- DFS B6
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Ha III
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Reiher
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Olympia Meise
- high-performance sailplane
- DFS Seeadler
- (sea eagle), flying boat sailplane
- DFS Rammer
- aerial ramming plane project powered by a solid rocket engine
- DFS Eber
- parasite fighter project
Legacy of the DFS
The modern DLR still does research into gliding flight, as the DFS once did. An example of this is their enlarged 17-meter wingspan Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Elan high-performance glider, used to precisely set and measure comparative glider performance parameters. [2]
See also
- Hanna Reitsch
- Hans Jacobs
- List of Gliders
- List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe
- List of RLM aircraft designations
- Glider manufacturers
References
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- ISBN 1853672629
- ^ "DLR Home – Aeronautics – Research Aircraft: DG 300 Elan-17". dlr.de. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR). April 21, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2013.