199:
37:
226:
maximum 570 mm (22.4 in) fuselage width, to ease the transition from fuselage to wing. The fuselages of both designs became slender rearwards, the Wien's more than the Karakán; sections through the latter's fuselage were more biconvex or almond shaped than the Wien's oval, making it 30 mm (1.2 in) narrower. The Wien and the Karakán had very similar vertical tails, with
251:. It was built in their workshops and made its first flight on 4 August 1933, during the Jamboree. A second Karakán was built in the workshops of the Aviation Section of the Hungarian Defence Association (MOVERO), flying on 29 April 1935. Between them they set a series of Hungarian national gliding records and Rotter used it to become the first Hungarian to gain a
225:
from the wing/fuselage junction troubled designers of the day and
Lippisch mounted the wings of the Wien from a parallel sided pylon rising rather abruptly from the fuselage; Rotter extended the upper fuselage frames smoothly inwards then outwards into a stub wing, with a span about the same as the
221:, with four transparent panels on each side, which maintained the smoothly increasing fuselage section. The rearmost canopy transparencies, on either side of the pilot's seat, had large oval holes in them but the Karakán was one of the first gliders with enclosed seating.
238:
mounted close to mid-fuselage, though of different plans. Like most sailplanes of the time, both landed on a single skid, the Karakán's rather longer, with a small metal tailskid to protect the rear fuselage.
163:
with a rectangular plan centre section and long, straight tapered outer panels. Both had thick section wings at the root which became progressively thinner over the outer panels. On both designs,
209:
whereas Rotter used one of his own, though both designers chose to merge into more symmetric profiles outboard. The Karakán was the heavier of the two, with the higher
205:
At a more detailed level, there were many differences between the two aircraft. The Karakán's wing had a greater span and area. Lippisch had a used standard Göttingen
485:
247:
The Karakán was designed at the request of the
Hungarian Boy Scouts Association, which wanted a new Hungarian glider to represent the sport at the
435:
445:
144:
81:
256:
195:
to the outer ends of the centre section, the forward member of the V, connected to the main spar, was more substantial than the rear.
171:
of these outer panels. Structurally, the wings were similar, with two spars of unequal strength; the forward spar beams were part of
516:
428:
217:, ply-covered fuselages; the Karakán replaced the open Wien cockpit with one enclosed under a removable, wood framed
380:
155:
of 1929 and his high performance, single seat Karakán bears its influence. Like the Wien, the Karakán was a high
421:
314:
248:
180:
230:, large and rounded apart from a straight underside to avoid the ground, mounted on small, short
17:
235:
8:
156:
375:(2nd revised ed.). Königswinter: EQIP Werbung & Verlag GmbH. pp. 62, 192.
148:
128:
48:
376:
413:
222:
188:
227:
218:
214:
183:
behind the main spar, as were the ailerons. Both designs had, on each side, an
36:
464:
396:
510:
495:
198:
168:
152:
111:
131:. Two were built and set many national gliding records in the years before
264:
210:
176:
132:
255:. When the first example retired in 1939 it was placed on display in the
469:
160:
260:
252:
192:
459:
206:
184:
172:
164:
63:
263:, where it was destroyed in the fighting towards the end of
179:
and the rear spar was a lighter simple beam. The wings were
231:
213:. The major differences were in the forward part of the
143:
Like several other glider designers of the early 1930s,
443:
267:. The second was destroyed in a hangar fire in 1942.
508:
429:
257:Hungarian Technical and Transportation Museum
127:was a high performance Hungarian single seat
73:"Ezermester" Boy Scout Group/MOVERO workshop
436:
422:
366:
364:
362:
360:
197:
397:"Hungarian gliders 1933-2000 - Karakan"
346:15.7 kg/m (3.2 lb/sq ft)
14:
509:
370:
357:
242:
417:
389:
310:21.05 m (226.6 sq ft)
304:20.00 m (65 ft 7 in)
24:
298:7.97 m (26 ft 2 in)
25:
528:
270:
35:
13:
1:
350:
47:Single-seat high performance
191:V-form strut from the lower
7:
175:covered D-boxes around the
159:sailplane with a two-piece
10:
533:
517:1930s Hungarian sailplanes
478:
452:
331:330 kg (728 lb)
325:230 kg (507 lb)
138:
34:
29:
371:Simons, Martin (2006).
283:General characteristics
202:
444:Aircraft designed by
236:all-moving tailplanes
201:
373:Sailplanes 1920-1945
243:Operational history
167:occupied the whole
203:
149:Alexander Lippisch
504:
503:
147:was impressed by
117:
116:
16:(Redirected from
524:
453:Powered aircraft
438:
431:
424:
415:
414:
408:
407:
405:
403:
393:
387:
386:
368:
339:
285:
228:balanced rudders
108:
98:
60:
52:Type of aircraft
39:
27:
26:
21:
532:
531:
527:
526:
525:
523:
522:
521:
507:
506:
505:
500:
474:
448:
442:
412:
411:
401:
399:
395:
394:
390:
383:
369:
358:
353:
335:
281:
273:
245:
141:
106:
96:
59:National origin
58:
53:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
530:
520:
519:
502:
501:
499:
498:
493:
488:
482:
480:
476:
475:
473:
472:
467:
462:
456:
454:
450:
449:
441:
440:
433:
426:
418:
410:
409:
388:
381:
355:
354:
352:
349:
348:
347:
333:
332:
326:
320:
311:
305:
299:
293:
272:
271:Specifications
269:
244:
241:
215:semi-monocoque
181:fabric covered
140:
137:
121:Rotter Karakán
115:
114:
109:
107:Developed into
103:
102:
99:
93:
92:
91:4 August 1933
89:
85:
84:
79:
75:
74:
71:
67:
66:
61:
55:
54:
51:
45:
41:
40:
32:
31:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
529:
518:
515:
514:
512:
497:
494:
492:
489:
487:
484:
483:
481:
477:
471:
468:
466:
463:
461:
458:
457:
455:
451:
447:
439:
434:
432:
427:
425:
420:
419:
416:
398:
392:
384:
382:3 9806773 4 6
378:
374:
367:
365:
363:
361:
356:
345:
344:Wing loading:
342:
341:
340:
338:
330:
329:Gross weight:
327:
324:
323:Empty weight:
321:
318:
316:
312:
309:
306:
303:
300:
297:
294:
291:
288:
287:
286:
284:
279:
278:Simons (2006)
277:
268:
266:
262:
258:
254:
250:
249:1933 Jamboree
240:
237:
233:
229:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
200:
196:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
177:leading edges
174:
170:
169:trailing edge
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
136:
134:
130:
126:
122:
113:
112:Rotter Nemere
110:
105:
104:
100:
95:
94:
90:
88:First flight
87:
86:
83:
80:
77:
76:
72:
70:Manufacturer
69:
68:
65:
62:
57:
56:
50:
46:
43:
42:
38:
33:
28:
19:
490:
446:Lajos Rotter
400:. Retrieved
391:
372:
343:
336:
334:
328:
322:
315:Aspect ratio
313:
307:
301:
295:
289:
282:
280:
275:
274:
265:World War II
246:
234:. Both had
211:wing loading
204:
157:aspect ratio
145:Lajos Rotter
142:
133:World War II
124:
123:or just the
120:
118:
97:Number built
82:Lajos Rotter
465:Feiro Dongó
337:Performance
470:Feiro Daru
351:References
308:Wing area:
302:Wingspan:
276:Data from
161:high wing
129:sailplane
78:Designer
511:Category
261:Budapest
253:Silver C
193:fuselage
165:ailerons
30:Karakán
491:Karakán
479:Gliders
460:Feiro I
296:Length:
207:airfoil
185:airfoil
173:plywood
125:Karakán
64:Hungary
18:Karakan
496:Nemere
486:Vándor
379:
219:canopy
189:faired
139:Design
49:glider
402:8 May
290:Crew:
44:Role
404:2015
377:ISBN
232:fins
223:Drag
153:Wien
119:The
292:One
151:'s
513::
359:^
319:19
259:,
135:.
101:2
437:e
430:t
423:v
406:.
385:.
317::
187:-
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
