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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
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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 millimetres (4.5 in) longer, with a best glide ratio 32:1.
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321:215 kg (474 lb) equipped
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505:Aircraft designed and built by
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27:German single-seat glider, 1964
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327:330 kg (728 lb)
235:Standard class sailplane.
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176:ribs and a leading edge
121:Scheibe SF-27 Zugvogel V
18:Scheibe SF-27 Zugvogel V
648:1960s German sailplanes
270:General characteristics
258:Specifications (SF-27A)
182:Schempp-Hirth airbrakes
658:Shoulder-wing aircraft
138:Design and development
151:Scheibe Zugvogel IIIB
346:Maximum glide ratio:
440:Taylor 1973, p. 543
325:Max takeoff weight:
219:Operational history
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361:References
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186:all-moving
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263:Data from
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167:beechwood
147:sailplane
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541:Zugvogel
227:Variants
160:fuselage
69:Germany
570:Powered
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507:Scheibe
311:Airfoil
283:Length:
174:plywood
172:, with
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201:canopy
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622:SF-36
617:SF-35
612:SF-33
607:SF-32
602:SF-29
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551:SF-27
546:SF-26
526:Spatz
366:Notes
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47:Role
461:ISBN
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