Schleicher Ka 3

Apart from their fuselages the two types are very close in appearance, simplicity, weight and performance.

They share a round tipped high wing with constant chord and no sweep, mounted with 2.5° of dihedral and braced with a single lift strut on each side from the lower fuselage to the wing at about one third span.

Both have a simple, deep, sprung landing skid reaching from the nose to under the trailing edge of the wing, assisted by a tail bumper.

Their cockpits are under the wing leading edge, into which the clear canopy extends.

Data from The World's Sailplanes pp.83-5[1]General characteristics Performance

Ka 1 in the Wasserkuppe museum