The Lo-100 is an aerobatic glider of classic wood and fabric construction well suited to amateur building methods. The designation Lo was bestowed by the designer
Alfred Vogt in memory of his brother Lothar Vogt, with whom he had developed the predecessor model
Lo-105Zwergreiher ('dwarf heron'). The first flight of the prototype took place in 1952 at the Klippeneck.
An example is on display at the
Gliding Heritage Centre.
The single-piece wing has a main spar built from laminated beechwood in order to achieve the strength needed for aerobatics. The glider has no spoilers and must be landed using
side-slip.
Specifications
Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde[1]
^Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1958). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 68–72.
References
Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1958). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 68–72.
Further reading
Dietmar Geistmann, Die Segelflugzeuge in Deutschland,
ISBN3-87943-618-5