The Streifeneder Albatros ( en, Albatross) is a German
mid-wing,
gull wing,
T-tailed, single-seat,
FAI Standard Class glider
Glider may refer to:
Aircraft and transport Aircraft
* Glider (aircraft), heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight
** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of glidin ...
that was designed by
Hansjörg Streifeneder and produced by his company
Glasfaser Flugzeug-Service GmbH.
The aircraft was first exhibited at the Aero show in
Friedrichshafen, Germany, in April 2001.
Design and development
The Albatros was intended to take advantage of a number of aerodynamic refinements to achieve a higher performance than other standard class gliders. These include a new type of fuselage wing
fillet
Fillet may refer to:
*Annulet (architecture), part of a column capital, also called a fillet
*Fillet (aircraft), a fairing smoothing the airflow at a joint between two components
*Fillet (clothing), a headband
*Fillet (cut), a piece of meat
*Fille ...
that creates
laminar flow
In fluid dynamics, laminar flow is characterized by fluid particles following smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past the adjacent layers with little or no mixing. At low velocities, the fluid tends to flow without lateral mi ...
in the junction, upper and lower surface wing and
aileron
An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. Ailerons are used in pairs to control the aircraft in roll (or movement around ...
boundary layer blowing and an
airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is the cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine.
...
designed by Professor
Loek M. M. Boermans of the
Delft University of Technology. The aileron blowing varies with airspeed. The company claims that this creates 95% laminar flow on the wing underside and produces 10% less
profile drag than the
Schleicher ASW 24.
The aircraft is made from
carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer,
fibreglass and
Kevlar. Its gulled wing employs
winglets and uses triple-panel upper surface
airbrakes for
glidepath
Instrument landing system glide path, commonly referred to as a glide path (G/P) or glide slope (G/S), is "a system of vertical guidance embodied in the instrument landing system which indicates the vertical deviation of the aircraft from its o ...
control. The high-mounted
tailplane has electric trim and a
ballistic parachute is fitted. of water ballast is carried. The
landing gear is a suspended and electrically retractable
monowheel.
Specifications (Albatros)
See also
References
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External links
Company website
2000s German sailplanes
Aircraft first flown in 2001
T-tail aircraft
Mid-wing aircraft
Gull-wing aircraft