In 1929 Luigi Teichfuss produced the Nibio I, his first primary glider with a conventional fuselage rather than an open girder frame.
Its cockpit, open but with a small windscreen, was immediately ahead of the wing leading edge; there were no instruments.
The Balilla's tail surfaces were all straight edged: the tailplane, single strut braced from below, had a sharply swept leading edge and carried elevators with angled tips and a cut-out for rudder movement.
A conventional skid, running from the nose to below the wing trailing edge formed the undercarriage.
It could be winch launched and was straightforward to fly, training novice pilots to their B-certificate.