Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38

D-38
Role	Single-seat Standard Class sailplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Akaflieg Darmstadt
First flight	19 December 1972
Developed into	Glaser-Dirks DG-100

The Akaflieg Darmstadt D-38 is a German, single-seat, Standard Class sailplane that was designed and built by the Fliegergruppe of Darmstadt University.

The D-38 is a cantilever, shoulder-wing monoplane with a glassfibre/balsa sandwich shell structure fuselage and wing, the wing has no flaps or ailerons and the sailplane has a T-tail. The pilot has a semi-reclining seat in an enclosed cockpit with a transparent canopy and the landing gear is a manual retracting monowheel gear with a tailskid. The D-38 was, in effect, the prototype of the successful Glaser-Dirks DG-100 competition Standard class glider.

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74

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