The Poppenhausen was an enlarged, tandem two-seat version of the single seat Schleicher Hols der Teufel.

[1] The Poppenhausen had a simple, constant-chord wing much like that of the Hols der Teufel though of 16% greater span, built around two spars and fabric covered except at the leading edge which was plywood skinned.

Its broad, constant chord ailerons were longer than those of the Hols der Teufel, ending at the blunt, rounded tips.

In the early 1930s the idea that a two-seater, though over twice the price of a single seat primary glider like the Zögling, could still train pilots from the beginning sufficiently faster to be economically competitive, and safer, lay in the future.

[1] Production numbers are hard to establish; one appeared in the UK on the BGA register, used by the London Gliding Club from 1930 to at least 1933.