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Grunau Baby
Schneider · Sailplane · Interwar (1919–1938)
The Schneider Grunau Baby is a single-seat sailplane first built in Germany in 1931, with some 6,000 examples constructed in some 20 countries. It was relatively easy to build from plans, it flew well, and the aircraft was strong enough to handle mild aerobatics and the occasional hard landing. When the Baby first appeared, it was accepted wisdom that the pilot should feel as much unimpeded airflow as possible, to better sense rising and falling currents of air, temperature changes, etc.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Sailplane
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Interwar (1919–1938)
- Manufacturer
- Schneider
- Co-Manufacturer
- Slingsby; Elliotts of Newbury; Nord; NV Vliegtuigbouw; Laminação Nacional de Metais; (later Companhia Aeronáutica Paulis
- Service Entry
- 1931
- Produced
- 6000
- Length (ft)
- 20
- Wingspan (ft)
- 45
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 375
- MTOW (lb)
- 551
- Max Speed (mph)
- 93