A 1983 hang glider.
Era
Schmidtler Ranger
A 1979 hang glider.
Schmidtler Helios
A 1982 hang glider.
Schmidtler
1998:
Wilhelmster, 14
D-80801 München
Germany
Hang glider and trike builder
Schmidt Paracopter Model 2
A prototype built circa 1958 by George Schmidt, an engineer who was formerly with Focke-Achgelis in Germany. Designed primarily to rescue wounded from front-line areas: one stretcher can be carried beneath the pilot’s seat.
Power: 2 x 105 lb Schmidt pulse-jets
Rotors: 2-blade tip-powered main
Rotor diameter: 17 ft 5 in
Loaded weight: 775 lb
Max. speed: 132 mph
Ceiling: 12,300 ft
Seats: 2
Schmidt / U S Aerial Navigation Co 1911 Biplane
A large, rounded, startlingly modern fuselage for its day, using what appears to be almost geodesic construction, with chain-driven twin tractor propellers.
During 1910 and 1911 this aircraft was built in a shop adjacent to Mineola Field NJ. The design was basically sound and the plane performed well beyond expectations. In Jan 1912, US Patent #596448 was granted to the aeroplane per notification from Munn & Co, Patent Attorneys, NYC.
Schmidt, Bruno Hermann / U S Aerial Navigation Co
Homestead NJ.
USA
Built a biplane in 1911.
Schmelzenbach und Hollmann Halbdoppeldecker
This machine was tested in spring or summer 1911 at the flying ground Plauen-Reisig in Sachsen, Germany. It had a Taube-like top wing, a forward elevator, a chain driven pusher propeller and a small stabilizing plane on top the original tail-boom construction. According to Lange it was powered by a 65hp Hilz inline-4. There are thoughts that Schmelzenbach and Hollmann wanted to open a flying school and this plane was intended as a trainer, therefore being equipped with dual controls.
Schmaltz Eindecker
Ernst Schmalz, born 1879 in Nidau, Switzerland, in 1908 built with the help of Failloubaz, a pusher monoplane, powered by a 12 hp Anzani motor, with large ailerons he himself named “Stabiloklappen”. In flight tests at Thun he made jumps of up to a height of 6 meters. In 1909, Schmalz retired from flying. He sold his apparatus to a chauffeur, who collided with a tree top in flight tests on the Beundenfeld in Bern. Although the pilot remained intact, the aeroplane itself was a total loss.
Schleicher ASW-28
Designed by Gerhard Waibel and built in Poppenhausen, Germany, the Schleicher ASW 28 is a Standard Class glider with a laminar wing profile for “turbulent” conditions. By using carbonfibre and Aramid along with a new Polyethylene fibre, joining a high strength with low weight, Schleicher tries to achieve an empty weight of only 325 kg, and a wing loading of only 30 kg/sq.m. Four integrated tanks for a maximum water ballast of 180 liters keep the spectrum at a 50 kg/sq.m wing loading open.
The ASW 24 derived fuselage is designed to be fitted with a rescue system. The ASW 28 features a new profile from Professor Loek Boermans, which is supposed to give the new glider a top performance and excellent handling characteristics in turbulent air.
L/DMax: 45
MinSink: 0.55 m/s / 1.86 fps / 1.00 kt
Seats: 1
Wing span: 15 m / 49.2 ft
Wing area: 10.5 sq.m / 113 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 235 kg / 510 lb
Gross Weight: 525 kg / 1202 lb
Wing Load: 50 kg/sq.m / 10.24 lb/sq.ft
Aspect ratio: 21.43
Airfoil: Boermans DU 99-146MOD
