The Rubik R-09 was the original designation of R-08d D-Pilis, later applied to a motor conversion, R-09 Motor Pilis – powered version of R-08d (Porsche pusher engine above wing)
Era
Rubik R-08 Pilis (Tonsure)
A reduced-scale single-seat version of Szittya, 1938, 210 built
Variants:
R-08a – gull-wing, curvaceous semi-monocoque plywood fuselage, 1 built 1939
R-08b – simplified fuselage structure, 5 built 1938/39
R-08c – Gull replaced with pylon-mounted wing, 1939, 70 built
R-08d – An improved version with airbrakes & removeable canopy, 1943, 193 built postwar
Rubik R-07d / Ever KFT R-07 Tücsöl / Vöcsök
The Ever KFT R-07a Tücsöl (Cricket), open-frame single seat basic instruction glider appeared in 1938.
The R-07a Tücsök was a reduced-scale Vöcsök to replace the Zögling.
The Ever KFT R-07b Vöcsök (Grebe) appeared in 1940, a productionized version of the R-05/R-06 Vöcsök.
The Rubik R-07d was a postwar Vöcsök with modified ailerons, 30 built 1955/56.
As a production series of the R-06, 361 were built.
Rubik Aero Ever KFT R-07b Vöcsök
Length : 20.669 ft / 6.3 m
Wingspan : 38.058 ft / 11.6 m
Wing area : 161.46 sq.ft / 15.0 sq.m
Max take off weight : 430.0 lb / 195.0 kg
Weight empty : 242.6 lb / 110.0 kg
Max. weight carried : 187.4 lb / 85.0 kg
Glide ratio : 15.0
Minimum sink rate : 177.17 ft/min / 0.9 m/s
Rubik R-06 Vöcsök (Grebe)
Derived from R-01 EMESE-B but steel-tube fuselage frames (2 to Egypt), 1937
Rubik R-05 Vöcsök (Grebe)
Derived from R-01 EMESE-B as R-07 prototype, 1937
Rubik R-04 Szittya II (Scythian II)
A gull-winged glider, 1937/38 1 built
Rubik R-03 Szittya I (Scythian I)
A gull-winged, single-seat glider, 1 built 1933
Rubik R-02 (MSrE M-19)
A 2-seat cabin monoplane tourer, 130 hp (95.5 kW) DH Gypsy Major, 1 built, 1936.
The M-19A designation applied in 1937 after a rebuild following a crash
Rubik R-01 (MSrE M-20)
A single-seat sailplane (better known as EMESE-B/-C), flown 1935.
Rubik Aero
Hungary
Ernő Rubik (Rubik Ernő in Hungarian usage) designed 28 gliders and 5 powered aircraft before his death in 1997. Only a few remained unbuilt projects. The most dramatic was the Rubik R-21 1.5-tonne military assault glider project.
