After the Akaflieg Darmstadt D-41 demonstrated the feasibility of a high performance, multiplace glider based on the LS6 wing, the Köln Akafliegers felt they could profit from and improve upon that design.
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At the Competition he saw the Akaflieg Darmstadt D-9 Konsul and used it in 1927 as the starting point of his Gabbiano design, though the finished aircraft was distinctly different.
Konsul and the Moritz and these influenced the 1926 Tenax, his next design.