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SB13 Arcus

Germany · Cold War (1970–1991)

SB13 Arcus — Fixed Wing
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The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-13 Arcus was a single experimental tailless, single-seat, Standard Class glider designed and built in Germany in the early 1990s. Though it performed as well as its conventional contemporaries, it did not offer sufficiently improved performance to compensate for its difficult handling characteristics.

Specifications

Category
Fixed Wing
Domain
Civil
Era
Cold War (1970–1991)
Country
Germany
Service Entry
1988
Produced
1
Length (ft)
10
Wingspan (ft)
49
Empty Weight (lb)
569
MTOW (lb)
922
Max Speed (mph)
130