Hannover Greif

Rhön (Wasserkuppe

high, thick wing, short fuselage configuration and retaining its tail, though both wing and fuselage were new.^[2]

ailerons initially fitted to the Vampyr.^[1][2]

stringers. The Greif's wing was mounted closer to the fuselage than on its predecessor, with the consequence that a cut-out had to be made in the leading edge for the pilot's head. This turned out to have deleterious aerodynamic effects. Its undercarriage consisted of a pair of semi-recessed wheels with balloon tyres on the centreline, one under the nose and the other larger one under the wing spar. The tail surfaces of the Greif were very similar to those of the Vampyr; a rectangular all-moving tailplane was hinged at the extreme rear of the fuselage with the rudder hinged at the same point. The fin was broad as required by the short fuselage; fin and rudder had straight vertical edges and a straight, rising top. The bottom of the rudder was parallel with its top, leaving room the tailplane movement.^[2]

induced drag; the losses were much greater than those caused by similar sized trailing edge cut-outs on other designs, as the pressure differences between upper and lower surfaces and the strength of the associated lossy vortexes are smaller there.^[2][3]

elevator configuration. Its last flight, at the Zugspitze competition in January 1925, ended with a collision into a wooden fence on landing in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that destroyed the Greif.^[2][5]