Building the 1941 German Stiegker Model Sailplane

Bruce is back from running another successful Los Banos Scale Slope and Aerotow event and is now ready for getting back to his other big project; building the 1941 German Stiegker model. This is an almost 11 foot wingspan model (3.3m) with a D-Tube (balsa capped leading edge with open bay wood ribs) wing. It was design during the war for free flight with no radios and probably minimal or no balsa, but it’s latest design now has a short kit of CNC (computer numerical control) nearly perfect fitting cut parts from popular, birch, and balsa wood. Other interesting features are:

°Gull wing design
°Capable of aerotow, high-start, winch or slope launch
°Will be covered in Polyspan
°Designed by Paul Hucke in 1941 in Germany
°Redesigned by Paul Hucke in 1986 and 1996
°Plans can only be obtained from Herr Hucke’s estate and are in German
°Control comes from just a rudder and elevator, a spoiler is optional
°Göttinger 285/Clark Y airfoil

Please join us hear about this fascinating build project.

The South Bay Soaring Society Program is held every 2nd Wednesday of the month at the main Saratoga Fire Station at 14380 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070 (except December and January). The business meeting starts at 6:30pm and the program begins sometime after 7:45pm. Anyone is welcome to attend either meeting and you can bring friends.