The Super Albatross was created from a Baby Albatrossfuselage pod and tail boom. The wings used the outer panels of the Senior Albatross. The resulting aircraft was of wooden construction, with the wings and tail surfaces covered in aircraft fabric. The tail boom is a metal tube.[2]
Only two examples were constructed. The first was built by Bowlus and features an all-flying horizontal stabilizer. The second was built by Frank Kelsey and has a fixed horizontal stabilizer and flaps in addition to spoilers.[2]
bowlus, super, albatross, single, seat, wing, glider, that, designed, hawley, bowlus, 1938, super, albatrossa, flightrole, glidernational, origin, united, statesdesigner, hawley, bowlusfirst, flight, 1938number, built, 2developed, from, bowlus, baby, albatross. The Bowlus BS 100 Super Albatross is a single seat mid wing glider that was designed by Hawley Bowlus in 1938 1 2 BS 100 Super AlbatrossA Bowlus BS 100 Super Albatross in flightRole GliderNational origin United StatesDesigner Hawley BowlusFirst flight 1938Number built 2Developed from Bowlus BA 100 Baby Albatross Contents 1 Design and development 2 Aircraft on display 3 Specifications Super Albatross 4 ReferencesDesign and development editThe Super Albatross was created from a Baby Albatross fuselage pod and tail boom The wings used the outer panels of the Senior Albatross The resulting aircraft was of wooden construction with the wings and tail surfaces covered in aircraft fabric The tail boom is a metal tube 2 Only two examples were constructed The first was built by Bowlus and features an all flying horizontal stabilizer The second was built by Frank Kelsey and has a fixed horizontal stabilizer and flaps in addition to spoilers 2 Aircraft on display editNational Soaring Museum 3 US Southwest Soaring Museum 4 Specifications Super Albatross editData from Soaring 2 General characteristicsCrew one Wingspan 45 ft 0 in 13 72 m Wing area 125 sq ft 11 6 m2 Aspect ratio 15 7 Airfoil Go 549 with the wingtips having a symmetrical airfoil Empty weight 435 lb 197 kg Gross weight 645 lb 293 kg Performance Maximum glide ratio 29 1 at 47 mph Rate of sink 150 ft min 0 76 m s at 42 mph Wing loading 5 25 lb sq ft 25 6 kg m2 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bowlus BS 100 Super Albatross Activate Media 2006 Super Albatross BS 100 Bowlus Archived from the original on July 15 2011 Retrieved March 1 2011 a b c d Said Bob 1983 Sailplane Directory Soaring Magazine page 6 Soaring Society of America November 1983 USPS 499 920 National Soaring Museum 2011 Sailplanes in Our Collection Archived from the original on May 16 2011 Retrieved February 26 2011 US Southwest Soaring Museum 2010 Sailplanes Hang Gliders amp Motor Gliders Retrieved May 26 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bowlus BS 100 Super Albatross amp oldid 1095258037, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
