The Fieseler Fi 158 was a civilian research aircraft designed and built in Germany from 1938.
Design and development Designed as a manned version of the Fi 157 radio-controlled drone, the Fi 158 was a low-winged monoplane built largely of wood, with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage and twin fins and rudders, with the crew sitting in tandem in an enclosed cabin. Limited flight testing was carried out before it was placed in the Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (German Aviation Collection) in Berlin as a permanent exhibit in 1939. Unfortunately, the museum and almost all of the aircraft in it was destroyed on the night of 23/24 November 1943 during an RAF air raid.
Specifications (Fi 158 V1)
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Bibliography Nowarra Heinz J.:Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945, Bernard & Graeffe Verlag, Koblenz 1993,