Strale
Strale may refer to: * CVT4 Strale, an Italian experimental, high-performance glider completed in 1961 * Italian ship ''Strale'', various Italian naval ships *Straelen Straelen (; Low Rhenish: ''Strale'') is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 10 km north-east of Venlo. Twinning : Bayon The Bayon ( km, ...

CVT4 Strale
The CVT4 Strale ( en, Arrow) was a one-off, experimental, high performance glider (sailplane), glider designed and built in Italy. Completed in 1961, it was a refined version of the earlier CVT2 Veltro. Design and development The Strale was a refinement of the pioneering CVT2 Veltro of 1954. The Veltro went from design commencement to completion in eight months; the Strale, started in 1955, was not finished until July 1961, even though the two aircraft had much in common. The main differences between the Veltro and the Strale were in the wing, even though these had a similar straight tapered plan and used the same laminar flow NACA airfoil sections. The Starle's wing was constructed, like that of the Veltro, around a forward main box spar (aviation), spar and a lighter secondary spar aft but was in two rather than three parts. The outer span washout (aviation), washout and the tip bodies were discarded. The span was increased by , which raised the aspect ratio (wing), aspe ...
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