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The Scheibe SF-27 Zugvogel V (English: Migratory Bird) is a single seat Standard Class sailplane, designed and built in Germany in the 1960s. A motorised version was also produced. Significant numbers remain active.

SF-27 Zugvogel V
Role	Single seat Standard Class Sailplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Scheibe-Flugzeugbau-gmbh, Dachau
First flight	12 May 1964
Number built	about 120
Developed from	Scheibe Zugvogel

Design and development

The SF-27 is a shoulder-wing, single seat Standard Class sailplane, succeeding the Scheibe Zugvogel IIIB in production. It was designed to 1960s Standard Class competition rules requiring a span of no more than 15 m and a fixed undercarriage. Built of wood and steel, its structure was conservative; at a time when many manufacturers were using glassfibre structurally in wings and fuselages, the SF-27 only used it to cover the forward fuselage.[1]

The wing of the SF-27 is built around a single beechwood boxspar, with plywood ribs and a leading edge torsion box. The wing covering is largely ply, entirely so over the outer section. The inner section is covered with ply from the leading edge to behind the spar, the rest with a mixture of ply and fabric. Ailerons and Schempp-Hirth airbrakes are likewise ply covered. The cantilever horizontal tail is an all-moving ply and fabric covered surface, set at the top of the fuselage; the fin is covered with ply and the rudder with fabric.[1]

The fuselage is a welded steel structure covered, from nose to wing trailing edge, with a glassfibre shell. The wing root fairing is also glassfibre. Further aft the fuselage is fabric covered over wooden stringers. The cockpit, within the glassfibre shell, has a single piece Plexiglas canopy, the pilot sitting in a semi-reclined position. The SF-27 has a fixed monowheel undercarriage, fitted with brakes, plus a small tailwheel.[1]

The SF-27 first flew on 12 May 1964. 30 had been built by February 1966,[1] the final total being about 120. Scheibe also produced a motorised version, the SF-27M, with a 26 hp (19 kW) 4-cylinder Hirth F-102 A2 two stroke engine on a retractable mast above the wing behind the cockpit. Its gross weight is increased to 386 kg (850 lb) and it is 115 mm (4.5 in) longer, with a best glide ratio 32:1.[2]

Operational history

Around 58 of the original 120 Sf-27s are still active in 2010, including several SF-27Ms.[3]

Variants

SF-27A

Standard class sailplane.

SF-27B

One-off 17 m span version.

SF-27M

Motorised version.

SLCA-10 Topaze

Licence built variant built in France by Société Lorraine de Constructions Aéronautiques (SLCA)[4]

Specifications (SF-27A)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1966/7[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.05 m (23 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 15.0 m (49 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 12.99 m² (139.8 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 18.6
• Airfoil: Wortmann FX 61-184 at root, FX 60-126 at tip
• Empty weight: 215 kg (474 lb) equipped
• Max takeoff weight: 330 kg (728 lb)

Performance

• Stall speed: 55 km/h (34 mph, 30 kn)
• Maximum glide ratio: 34:1 at 88 km/h (55 mph)
• Rate of sink: 0.64 m/s (126 ft/min) best, at 74 km/h (46 mph)

References

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На других языках

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[de] Scheibe SF 27

Die Scheibe SF 27 „Zugvogel V“ ist ein in den 1960er-Jahren von der Firma Scheibe-Flugzeugbau in Dachau hergestelltes Segelflugzeug in Gemischtbauweise.

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- [en] Scheibe SF-27

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[fr] Scheibe SF 27

Le Scheibe SF 27 Zugvogel V (oiseau migrateur) est un planeur monoplace de Classe Standard conçu et construit en Allemagne dans les années 1960 par Scheibe Flugzeugbau. Une version motorisée a également été produite. Il en reste un nombre assez important en service.

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