Schneider Grunau 9

When Grunau 9 is one of the many Schulgleiter from the early days of gliding. Edmund Schneider developed in 1929 the glider on the basis of the school glider by Gottlob Espenlaub. The design consisted of a simple stable unclad lattice frame and could therefore also be copied by many air sports enthusiasts themselves, the material costs were relatively low especially by the unclad body.

Grunau 9 was nicknamed "Skull Splitter " by a brace against the pilot's head, in which the pilot could hit his head on landing. To the question of whether these strut posed a threat to the pilot or not the opposite actually protected him rather were heated discussions out. Although not a single accident has been handed down, in which the pilot would have been seriously hurt by this brace, it was omitted in the successor model, the SG 38. The design was thus a bit more complicated.

Specifications

  • Length: 5.30 m
  • Wingspan: 10.73 m
  • Area: 15,30 m²
  • Height: 2.1 m
  • All-up weight: 180 kg
  • Wing loading: 11.80 kg / m²
  • Maximum speed: 120 km / h
  • Glide ratio: 10
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