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Sack AS-6 V1
History
more powerful engines, it was decided to change the
incidence angle by moving the landing gear
backwards by 20 cm. Since the next wingspar was

located 40 cm farther aft, it was purposed to attach
In June of 1939, the first National Contest
the landing gear here, but this introduced the problem
of Aeromodels with Combustion Engines took
of having the landing gear too far aft and thus the
place at Leipzig-Mockau. Arthur Sack, who
plane could tip forwards on takeoff, destroying the
dreamed of a circular-winged aircraft, entered his
propeller. To compensate for this, brakes from a Ju 88
AS-1 model, but unfortunately, it had to be
were installed, 70 kg (of ballast was added just ahead
launched by hand and had poor flying
of wingspar number 3 and the tail control surfaces had
characteristics. Ernst Udet, who was at the time
20 mm of corrugated plate added. The third test took
Germany's Air Minister, encouraged Arthur Sack
place on April 16, 1944 on the 700 meter Brandis
to go on with his research. Sack built four
landing strip. The plane traveled 500 meters without
additional models of increasing size, culminating
the tail lifting, although a small, brief hop was
with his first manned aircraft, the Sack AS-6
achieved. On the fourth and final test, the jump was
The AS-6 was constructed at the
longer, and the AS-6 became airborne, but an
Mitteldeutsche Motorwerke company, with the
immediate bank to the left due to the torque of the
final assembly taking place at the Flugplatz-
engine became evident. The small span wings were
Werkstatt workshops at the Brandis air base in
too short to compensate for the engine's torque. The
early 1944. Five takeoff runs were made during
pilot recommended a more powerful engine and more
the second test on the 1200 meter Brandis
wind tunnel tests, and Arthur Sack went back to the
landing strip. During these tests, it was
drawing board for the remainder of the war.
determined that the control surfaces were in the
vacuum area behind the circular wing, and thus
did not operate adequately. The right landing
gear leg was also broken during the final attempt
of the second test. It was thought that the
problems arose due to the low power output of
the engine, but because of a wartime shortage of
Takeoff weight: ............................................ 900 kg
Wing span: ................................................. 5,00 m
Length: ...................................................... 6,40 m
H i e gth: ...................................................... 2,56 m
Performance
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Sack AS-6 V1
Assembly instruction
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