SSVV Ciani EC39 Uribel B
Among the few gliders in our collection, we have a particularly rare one: the cockpit section of a Uribel B
Origin of the Uribel gliders
The SSVV (ezione Sperimentale Volo Vela) was created by the Milan flying club to maintain the club's gliders and to design new models. The first model EC39/59 Uribel A, derived from the EC38/56 Urendo, is a competitor of the Standard Austria. It is characterized by a butterfly tail set at 100°, vertically foldable and a wing in high position on the fuselage. Built entirely of wood and fabric covered, it flew for the first time on March 21, 1960.
The Uribel B, designed by Edgardo Ciani, differs from the A model by its wing profile (NACA 6 on the A model and Eppler 257 on the B model) and a negative swept wing.
The wing will return to a more traditional straight shape on the C model. The last model built, the D, is similar to the C but the more inclined position of the seat allows to redesign the front of the fuselage. Each of the models is built in limited numbers, no more than 4 or 5 machines.
Uribel B OO-ZXZ
Built in 1961, our example received the construction number 013. It is registered I-IPIM until May 14, 1972, date on which it is removed from the Italian register. It
appears in Belgium on October 28, 1977 when it is registered as OO-ZXZ. Based in Weelde, it will fly until January 1981 when it is crashed in Keiheuvel.
Its wreckage is stored at its owner's place in Koningshooikt then recovered in February 2009 by Bob Rongé and his son Willem. The airframe being too damaged, only the cockpit section is kept in order to manufacture a simulator for the Stampe Museum in Deurne.
It is transferred to BAPA in October 2020.
Characteristics:
Wingspan: 15 m
Length : 6,94 m
Wing area : 13,8 m2
Empty weight : 210 kg
Maximum weight : 310 kg
Wing load : 22,5 kg/m2
Minimum speed : 70 km/h
Maximum speed : 220 km/h
Maximal smoothness : 33 :1 at 78 km/h
Origin of the Uribel gliders
The SSVV (ezione Sperimentale Volo Vela) was created by the Milan flying club to maintain the club's gliders and to design new models. The first model EC39/59 Uribel A, derived from the EC38/56 Urendo, is a competitor of the Standard Austria. It is characterized by a butterfly tail set at 100°, vertically foldable and a wing in high position on the fuselage. Built entirely of wood and fabric covered, it flew for the first time on March 21, 1960.
The Uribel B, designed by Edgardo Ciani, differs from the A model by its wing profile (NACA 6 on the A model and Eppler 257 on the B model) and a negative swept wing.
The wing will return to a more traditional straight shape on the C model. The last model built, the D, is similar to the C but the more inclined position of the seat allows to redesign the front of the fuselage. Each of the models is built in limited numbers, no more than 4 or 5 machines.
Uribel B OO-ZXZ
Built in 1961, our example received the construction number 013. It is registered I-IPIM until May 14, 1972, date on which it is removed from the Italian register. It
appears in Belgium on October 28, 1977 when it is registered as OO-ZXZ. Based in Weelde, it will fly until January 1981 when it is crashed in Keiheuvel.
Its wreckage is stored at its owner's place in Koningshooikt then recovered in February 2009 by Bob Rongé and his son Willem. The airframe being too damaged, only the cockpit section is kept in order to manufacture a simulator for the Stampe Museum in Deurne.
It is transferred to BAPA in October 2020.
Characteristics:
Wingspan: 15 m
Length : 6,94 m
Wing area : 13,8 m2
Empty weight : 210 kg
Maximum weight : 310 kg
Wing load : 22,5 kg/m2
Minimum speed : 70 km/h
Maximum speed : 220 km/h
Maximal smoothness : 33 :1 at 78 km/h
Above: Uribel B OO-ZXZ as donated to the BAPA association