On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:08:04 -0800, stephanevdv wrote:

S/n 169 was a one-of-a-kind Libelle with T-tail, made for Eugen Aeberli,
one of the three "fathers" of the Libelle (Hänle, Hütter,
Aeberli).

Changes compared to H201: - rounded fuselage beam - T-tail - 5 cm
broader cockpit - contoured wing/fuselage transition - flat canopy, as
for H301 "open class" Libelle. Water ballast and winglets added later.
The glider was built in 1970 as a kind of prototype for the H 205/206.
Flies in Ettenheim in Baden-Württemberg. Source:
http://libelle.bugwiper.com/freaks.htm .

Thanks for the information.

Were its airbrakes improved at all? I'd think that would be a good idea
since it probably doesn't shed height in a slip as well without the
teardrop boom cross section.


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