Glasflügel 303
The 303 Mosquito Glas wing is a single-seat glider for the FAI class ( racing class ). It was manufactured by glass leaf 1976-1980. The glider - index is 107 by DMSt Index 2012 and IGC index list 2010.
History
Designed for the 15-meter racing class, replaced the Mosquito, the dragonfly in the glass wing production. To this end, the body of the standard class aircraft Hornet was adopted. There were also areas with flaps that had the FX 67 -K -150 profile. The innovative at this time areas were trailing edge rotation speed brakes and flaps. In addition, the Mosquito had automatic connections for all controls, control surfaces and the ballast tank.
The first flight took place in 1976. According to tradition, the pilots had a good handling and good-natured flying, but did not quite reach the performance of the Schempp -Hirth Mini Nimbus, the approach of shutters Schneider LS3 or the ASW 20 Schleicher. Therefore, the Mosquito was the commercial success of its predecessor aircraft, the dragonfly, denied. The Mosquito was in 1980 replaced by glass panels 304.
Naming convention
The 303 Mosquito is often incorrectly referred to as H303 or H -303. However, the letter " H" referred only aircraft that have been developed for glass wing of the Brothers Hütter.