The IPT-6 Stratus, was a high-performance two-seat, high-wing
sailplane
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.
Design and development
Stratus was conceived soon after its predecessor IPT-5 Jaraguá, created by
Estonian engineer
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Johannes Lepper, who himself made the first flight of this sailplane.
Construction
It was built with the fuselage caves were made of
guapuruvu and
freijó, and the bird ribs were also made of freijó. The outer skin was made of pine
plywood from
paraná pine. The few metal sheets were
chrome-molybdenum steel
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plates and tubes, 1/8-inch diameter flexible steel cables, and uprights also of chrome-molybdenum steel.
Specifications
See also
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List of Brazilian gliders
This is a list of gliders/sailplanes of the world, (this reference lists all gliders with references, where available)
Note: Any aircraft can glide for a short time, but gliders are designed to glide for longer.
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References
External links
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IPT’s official site'
{{Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas aircraft
High-wing aircraft
1940s Brazilian sailplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1944