User:TSRL/sandbox/Udet U-2

The Udet U-2 was a low wing, cantilever monoplane in an era dominated by biplanes and had a high aspect ratio of 9. In plan the one-piece wing was trapezoidal out to angled tips and had light dihedral. It was built around twin wooden spars; ahead of the leading spar the wing was plywood-covered, forming a torsion-resistant D-box. Its ailerons, which filled about 40% of the trailing edge, reached out to the tips.

Behind the 35 hp Haake-?? engine in its aluminium cowling, the fuselage was structurally rectangular in section apart from raised upper decking and was ply-covered. Pilot and passenger sat in tandem in a single, open cockpit, with the pilot in front and over the centre of the wing. It had a conventional, rather angular tail, with a fin of greater area than the rudder, though this reached down to the keel; the tailplane, mounted on top of the fuselage, was also large compared with the elevators.

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