Schleicher Ka-3

The Rudolf Kaiser designed Ka-3, which first flew in 1956, was a development of the earlier Ka-1 with a steel fuselage instead of wood. The wood and fabric wing, steel tube and fabric fuselage Ka-3 has top surface spoilers for approach control and main skid, but no wheel.

Schleicher also offered the Ka-3 in kit form.

Wing span: 10 m / 32.8 ft
Wing area: 9.9 sq.m / 106.6 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 95 kg / 210 lb
Payload: 100 kg / 220 lb
Gross Weight: 195 kg / 430 lb
Wing Load: 19.7 kg/sq.m / 4.03 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 18 75 kph / 40 kt / 47 mph
MinSink: 0.95 m/s / 3.12 fps / 1.85 kt
No. of Seats: 1
Aspect ratio: 10.1
Airfoil: Go 549