Rolladen-Schneider was a major glider manufacturer. It originally made rolling doors and shutters and was run by Willi and Walter Schneider based in Egelsbach

Egelsbach

Egelsbach is a community of 10,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Egelsbach is one of 13 communities in the Offenbach district...

 near Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Walter was a keen glider pilot

Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...

 and recruited a sailplane designer Wolf Lemke

Wolf Lemke

Wolf Lemke is a designer of gliders who worked for Rolladen Schneider and after it was taken over in 2003, for DG Flugzeugbau GmbH.He was one of the student members of the Akaflieg Darmstadt who designed the revolutionary D-36 "Circe". This team also included Heiko Fries, Klaus Holighaus and...

. The company built its first glider

Glider (sailplane)

A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the sport of gliding. Some gliders, known as motor gliders are used for gliding and soaring as well, but have engines which can, in some cases, be used for take-off or for extending a flight...

 in 1967.

The company produced the following gliders:

• LS1
  Rolladen-Schneider LS1
  |-References:**Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Equip, 2004*Selinger P, Segelflugzeug-Geschichten, Deutsches Segelflugmuseum*German-language Wikipedia*...
  
   (Standard Class)
• LSD Ornith (two seater prototype)
• LS2
  Rolladen-Schneider LS2
  |-References:**Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Equip, 2004*...
  
   (15 metre Class, though before the present classes existed)
• LS3
  Rolladen-Schneider LS3
  |-References:**Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004*Brütting G, Die berühmtesten Segelflugzeuge, Motorbuch Verlag**...
  
   (15 metre Class)
• LS4
  Rolladen-Schneider LS4
  |-See also:-References:**Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004*Brütting G, Die berühmtesten Segelflugzeuge, Motorbuch Verlag**German-language Wikipedia*...
  
   (Standard Class)
• LS5 (22 metre prototype only)
• LS6
  Rolladen-Schneider LS6
  |-References:**Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004*...
  
   (15 metre Class with optional tips to give 17.5 metres or 18 metre spans)
• LS7
  Rolladen-Schneider LS7
  |-References:**Milan J P, LS7 - Une valeur sûre, Vôl à Voile, 1997*Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004**...
  
   (Standard Class)
• LS8
  Rolladen-Schneider LS8
  The Rolladen-Schneider LS8 is a Standard and 18 metre class single-seat glider developed by Rolladen-Schneider and in series production since 1995. Currently it is manufactured by DG Flugzeugbau.-Development:...
  
   (Standard Class with optional tips to give 18 metre span)
• LS9
  Rolladen-Schneider LS9
  |-References:****Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Ewald J, Flight Test of the LS-9, Sailplane and Gliding, Oct. 2000...
  
   (18 metre self launching glider - 10 built)
• LS10
  Rolladen-Schneider LS10
  |-References:****...
  
   (15 metre Class and 18 metres Class)
• LS11 (Two Seater Class) - prototype in development by Akaflieg
  Akaflieg
  Akaflieg is an abbreviation for Akademische Fliegergruppe, an academic group of pilots in pre and postwar Germany.-History:Otto Lilienthal published his book Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst in 1889. This described the basics of modern aerodynamics and aircraft construction...
  
   Köln

Receivership

Because of difficult economic times, the company went into receivership

Receivership

In law, receivership is the situation in which an institution or enterprise is being held by a receiver, a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights." The receivership remedy is an equitable remedy that emerged in...

 in 2001. In 2003 DG Flugzeugbau GmbH took over the assets of the company including the LS brand name and designs. The LS8

Rolladen-Schneider LS8

The Rolladen-Schneider LS8 is a Standard and 18 metre class single-seat glider developed by Rolladen-Schneider and in series production since 1995. Currently it is manufactured by DG Flugzeugbau.-Development:...

 is now being produced by DG which has also refined the LS10

Rolladen-Schneider LS10

|-References:****...

 and production has started. The LS4, LS6 and LS11 are currently scheduled for production by AMS-Flight.

External links

• DG Flugzeugbau company website