The Phoebus was designed at a time when glider manufacturers were moving away from all-wood aircraft towards composite structure.
It is a glass fibre competition sailplane in the Standard class produced in Germany mid-sixties. More than 250 were built, achieving successes at many national contests.
It was later called MBB Phoebus when Bölkow merged with Messerschmidt and Blohm.
Phoebus OO-ZCQ MBB at Froidchapelle Airfield during 2004
Phoebus characteristics :
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Performances :
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Length : 7,1 m
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Stall speed : 60 km/h
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Wingspan : 15 m
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Maximum Speed : 200 km/h
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Wing area : 13,16 m²
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Max Take-off weight: 350 kg
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Empty weight : 210kg
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Aspect ratio : 17,1
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Airfoil : Eppler 403
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The examplar exposed at the workshop was given by the CNVV of Temploux, it is complete, except the instruments.
This glider is identified as n° 787 built during 1967 and first registered in Belgium as OO-ZDX on 6/2/1990.