The Akaflieg Berlin B6 was a glider built in Germany in the late 1930s. It featured a high-wing, cantilevered mid-wing sailplane configuration with Junkers-flaps, retractable landing gear, all moving tail, dive air brakes, wood and steel body.[1]
Specifications (B6)
Data from 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[3]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Height: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 14.6 m2 (157 sq ft)
Length de-rigged: 7.7 m (25 ft)
Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
^"Segelflugzeug B 5". Flugsport (in German) (16): 418–420. August 1937.
^Wefeld, Hans Joachim (1995). 75 Jahre 10 NI AKAFLIEG BERLIN 1920 - 1995 (in German). Akademische Fliegergruppe Berlin e.V. pp. 50–51, 62–63.
^Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 283. ISBN381120484X.