DFS 193

DFS 193
Role	Experimental aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug

The DFS 193 was an experimental German aircraft of the 1930s planned by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (DFS). Designed by Professor Alexander Lippisch and a DFS employee named Roth, it resembled Lippisch's Storch IX and the Gotha Go 147.

Design and development

The DFS 193 was a two-seat tailless aircraft designed to explore the military potential of this layout. It was powered by an Argus As 10 C, of 240 hp (179 kW). Although a mock-up was tested in a wind tunnel in 1936, it was abandoned in 1938 because it did not show any improvement over traditional designs.^[1] Thus, the aircraft was never produced.

Specifications

Data from The Delta Wing: History and Development^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 11.06 m (36 ft 3 in)
• Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 17.08 m² (183.8 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,065 kg (2,348 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 10 C 8-cylinder, air-cooled, 90º inverted Vee piston aircraft engine, 180 kW (240 hp)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Lippisch, Alexander (1981). The Delta wing: development and history. Iowa State University Press. 

References

• Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993) (in German). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graeffe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4. 
• Pawlas, Karl R. (in German). Luftfahrt-Lexikon.