Vintage Glider kit LS3 from Multiplex - collectors item

214049 Multiplex LS3 CS (1984) The Rolladen-Schneider LS3 is a standard-class, single-seat glider produced by Rolladen-Schneider from 1976 to 1983. The LS3 was developed as the first glider in the 15-meter class (a class established in 1974 by FAI). Building upon earlier versions, the LS1 and LS2, Wolf Lemke developed a new, wider fuselage and larger rudder and elevator. Lemke selected a relatively thick airfoil developed by Professor Wortmann at the University of Stuttgart in 1967, the FX 67-K-170. This airfoil offered structural savings thanks to a thicker spar—an important consideration at a time when fiberglass was still an expensive reinforcing material—and provided good flight performance for its time.