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__NOTOC__ The RS-15 is a Richard Schreder-designed metal Racing Class sailplane that was offered as a kit for homebuilding during the 1970s and 1980s.〔Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 20. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920〕 Unlike Schreder's other designs, which are all designated ''HP'' (for ''High Performance''), the RS-15 takes its nomenclature from the designer's initials and its wingspan in metres.〔 ==Design and development== The dominating aesthetic feature of the RS-15 is its pod-and-boom fuselage. The forward fuselage is a composite molding, and the aft portion is a 6" diameter aluminum tube. The V-tail is essentially the same as on other contemporary Schreder sailplanes, differing only in detail design from that of the HP-18. Unlike Schreder's HP-series gliders, the RS-15 was intended to achieve more modest performance, sacrificing performance for a shortened build time. Early RS-15 models featured wings that were essentially the same as the HP-16, and using the same one-piece machined aluminum I-beam wing spar. Later units were supplied with wing kits nearly identical to those of the HP-18, using that ship's riveted aluminum box spar. Unlike the HP-18, however, RS-15 examples usually lack the flap/aileron interconnect that adjusts the neutral aileron deflection to match that of the flap in the range of -10 to +10 flap deflection. Major features: *Pod-and-boom fuselage with relatively deep cockpit *V-tail that folds upwards for easy storage *Wing structure composed of spars with caps pre-machined from solid aluminium plate and aluminium wing skins bonded to closely spaced foam ribs *Fiberglass fuselage pod, wing tip skids and tail fairings *Tubular aluminum aft fuselage *Winglets added by some homebuilders *Water ballast carried inside the hollow aluminium wing spars *Typical Schreder trailing edge flaps/airbrakes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schreder RS-15」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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