Sailplane: KA6e

Registration: D-4368

Manufactured by: Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.

Home Club/Hangar: N/A 

Known Modifications: N/A

Updated 12/2009: Frank has supplied some new images of the cockpit and extra detail. He also has supplied art for the instrument pannel.

Notes: The series began with the 14 m. Ka 6. This was followed by the Standard Class (15 m.) Ka-6b, with skid, and Ka6Br with main wheel. The Ka-6B won the OSTIV prize for the best Standard Class design at the 1958 World Championships at Leszno, Poland. The –6c version was a –6b with modified wing root. It has more of the wing covered with plywood and incorporates other minor improvements, and also comes in skid and wheeled (-6cr) models. All models have airbrakes for approach control. Some later –6CR models are designated as Ka-6CRPE’s, the PE standing for pendulum elevators (the all-moving tail used on the Ka-6E). Heinz Huth of Germany won in the Standard Class at the 1960 Koln-Butzwelerhof, Germany and 1963 Junin, Argentina World Championships in Ka-6’s. In 1963 two Ka-6’s were flown 876.0 km./ 544.3 miles by Karl Betzler and Otto Schauble from Germany to France, setting a world distance record, and in 1964, Wally Scott of the U.S. flew his Ka-6CR to a world goal of 837.7 km./ 520.55 miles.

The Ka-6E was produced concurrently with the Ka-6CR for three years. The Ka-6E has, compared to the earlier –6CR, a longer canopy a lower fuselage (cross section reduced 10%), a modified leading edge prodile and an all-moving tail. Hans Werner Grosse of Germany, flying a Ka-6E as a guest, was the highest scoring pilot at the 1965 U.S. Nationals. Wally Scott won the 1967 Barringer Trophy by flying 888 km./ 552 miles in a Ka-6E. One belongs to the National Soaring Museum.

More information:

http://www.k6-team.de/

http://vintagesailplanes.de/Ka6e.htm

http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/schleich.htm

 Ka6e_Wasserkuppe_decal 264.51 Kb - Adobe PDF Decals for this sailplane

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