The Stehaufchen was one result, named and designed by three TH Dresden students, Horst Muttray, Reinhold Seiferth, and Rudolf Spies.

The biplane configuration was chosen to ensure strength against rough handling and its small size by the need to fit within the 4.20 m (165 in) limit set by rail transport.

[1] The Stehaufchen was a single bay biplane with two spar wings of unequal span mounted without stagger but with an unusually large interplane gap of 1.50 m (59 in).

On each side a pair of parallel, slightly outward leaning interplane struts connected the forward and rear spars from the lower tips and the bays were cross braced with wires.

From the side the nose was smoothly rounded into a single curvature form with the open cockpit behind it, placing the pilot's seat close to quarter chord.

Aft the depth decreased and the tailplane was attached to the top with the fuselage ending at the coincident elevator and rudder hinges.

The Stehaufchen's undercarriage was a parallel pair of skids, intended to protect the low set lower wing on take-off and landings.

After the competition the Stehaufchen stayed on the Wasserkuppe until September, making flights of up to 4.5 minutes and enabling Seiferth and Spies to get their pilot's certificates.