The AK-5 is a single-seat club class sailplane designed and built in Germany by members of Akaflieg Karlsruhe.
Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-5 | |
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AK-5 in Neresheim | |
Role | Club class sailplane |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Akaflieg Karlsruhe |
First flight | June 1990[1] |
Number built | 1 |
Developed into | Akaflieg Karlsruhe AK-5b |
The forward fuselage of the glider was taken from the Glasflügel 604 and the wings were built to the design of the Streifeneder-Hansen Falcon glider, an experimental prototype designed and built by Hansjörg Streifeneder. The cockpit interior was newly designed including a self-designed and built flight director / variometer system and parallelogram control input system similar to Glasflügel practice.[2]
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