This year we again able to fill up the firewood stores for our house in Bartholomä. Under the leadership of Gimli, logs were carried out of the forest until dusk, sawn up and driven to the airfield in the trailer. There we cut them into manageable pieces and piled them up in front of and…
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This year we participated for the first time at the German Aerospace Congress (DLRK) in Dresden. There we had the opportunity to present our current project, the fly-by-wire glider prototype fs36. We were also able to view exciting presentations on the latest developments in the aerospace industry and make new contacts. The DLRK is a…
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On our first workshop afternoon this semester, we had four larger group tasks in addition to some smaller ones.Under the guidance of Schrumpf and DiBiDi, 4 guests started with the winter maintenance of the fs33. This involved washing the surfaces, checking for paint cracks and removing the ailerons.Carlos and another small group started the construction…
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Our long-time member Fridolin „Fidde“ Wohlfarth passed away on 12.04.2022 after a tragic work accident at the age of 93. Not only being a great flying companion, Fidde was also the motor and soul of our airfield, indeed without him we would not have our Bartholomä-Amalienhof (EDPU) home airfield. With the purchase of the site…
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We have received sad news that our alumnus Richard Eppler passed away on Thursday, November 25th 2021. Richard was an acknowledged expert in both aerodynamics and calculation of structural and mechanical problems and as such had a very influential position in the development of sailplanes. Besides the variety of profiles that he developed for model…
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This winter we carried out the tailplane modification that had been planned since the first flight. This is necessary to prevent aerodynamic flutter in this region at high speeds and therefore to be able to increase the maximum permissible airspeed from the previous 180 km/h to 210 km/h and finally to 280 km/h after a…
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In the course of the fs36 project, we’ve had to design a multitude of partsto allow for the realisation of our concept. Since we are planning on using astandard fuselage, we must of course make sure that our parts will fit insidesaid fuselage. To this end, we built a fuselage mock-up at the Schempp-Hirth airplane…
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A CNC portal milling machine for milling the molds of our future projects. This was our dream three years ago when we started the project of acquiring a milling machine. The molds are assembled from large plastic blocks with dimensions of 2.5x1x0.2 meters. In addition, they are machined on a steel frame to prevent the…
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And now we are at the end of the article series on the fs36 wing test piece. After the state shown in the last article, the fin, flap, and flaperon were trimmed and adjusted to each other, allowing for full movability. Furthermore, all three parts were painted and are now shining with a coat of…
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This Friday, we’re holding an online introduction along with two other University of Stuttgart student groups, KSat and InVentus. We will be talking a bit about ourselves so that you can get to know us. We’re excited to see you there! When: Friday, 30.10.2020 from 10:00 to 13:00 Where: on Webex. Password is “erstivorstellung”
