The Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-6 Nixope (English: Water Sprite) was an early (1961) GRP high performance single seat glider designed and built in Germany by aeronautical students from Brunswick University.
The pilot was in a fully reclining seat, allowing a long, detachable, single piece, blown plexiglass canopy which did not interrupt the fuselage profile.
The empennage was conventional and simply wooden, with an all moving tailplane mounted on a broad, tall, straight edged fin just above the fuselage.
The rudder, straight edged, forward swept and hinged well clear of the elevator, extended down to the keel where there was a small tail bumper.
It proved to have good performance and later that year Stender flew it into sixth position in the German National Championships, even though it was not easy to fly and despite his lack of competitive experience.