A designer must be really great who can create a sailplane, which can remain in service, setting world and national records over 20 years. Such a machine was the Kranich two-seater.

The prototype was designed at DFS by Hans Jacobs in 1935 and was built in the autumn of that year. It was an enlarged and developed version of Hans Jacobs’ record breaking single seat Rhönsperber of 1935. In many respects the two were similar in shape and detailed design.

The Kranich was produced from 1935 until the late 1950’s. Many hundreds of Kranichs were built in Germany before the War, in Germany, Sweden, Spain and Czechoslovakia during the War, and in Poland, Jugoslavia and Spain after the War.

During its long service life, this first mass-produced high-performance two-seater broke almost every record, though at first world records were not easy to set because of the tremendous Soviet two-seater distance records being flown. (407km in 1937 and 619km in 1938) Also, after 1937, the German frontiers were mostly closed because of the political situation. Nevertheless, Kranichs achieved some outstanding records in Germany before the War. (Acknowledgments Reference from scalesoaring.co.uk)

No expense or effort was spared in the construction of our model, the result speaks for itself.

The Kranich 1/6 kit was included by FMT magazine (6-2024)

Product description

* Wooden kit (laser cut)

* Classic glider model

* Complete with all required wooden parts

* Control via rudder, elevator and ailerons

* Landing flaps installation possible

* Detailed, illustrated construction instructions

*Small parts, Hardwares

Technical data

Wingspan = 3000mm

Length = 1142mm

Weight = 2.1-2.5kg

Wing Area = 71.3dm²

Scale = 1:6