Teichfuss Turbine

On one of his regular visits to German glider builders, Teichfuss watched the construction of high performance aircraft like Hans Jacobs' DFS Reiher.

The Turbine design, begun in 1938, was a high performance machine which showed Jakob's influence but was rather simpler to construct.

The cantilever tailplane was mounted over the fuselage on a short pedestal, its elevators having a cut-out between them for rudder movement.

There was no fin but the aerodynamically balanced rudder was broad and roughly D-shaped, extending down to the keel where its underside was protected by a long tail bumper.

[1] Despite the structural simplifications Teichfuss had made in the hope of small series production, only one Turbine was built.