Flight characteristics with the rotating wing-tip panels were not as expected so a conventional vertical fin on an extended rear fuselage, and ailerons constructed from fabric-covered Duralumin on the outer wing traling edges, were added after initial flights.
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The design employed a cantilever wing attached to the top of the fuselage; the rear portion of the fuselage was raised, similar to the Akaflieg Stuttgart F.1.
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The Akaflieg Stuttgart FS-16 Wippsterz was a glider aircraft that was designed and built in Germany from 1936.
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Eight examples of the Phönix were built and all were still flying in 1980, with at least one example now preserved in the Deutsches Museum in Munich and another in the Deutsches Segleflugmuseum at Wasserkuppe.