Even with the new battery tech you'll only get
about 1 hour endurance at cruise power (65%)if
you replace the Rotax and max (optional 31.7 US gallons) fuel.
Nice self launcher with good retrieve capability
but you lose the "travelling motor glider" bit.
With electric it is probably not
“What he said” - I’m curious about that too.
Brand, $$, availability, and (importantly, also) size?
My long term dream is to throw the Rotax 914F out of my Stemme and replace it
with batteries and an electric motor, and if a combination of both existed that
had roughly the same total mass,
“However will the sport cope with all self launching gliders?” The last words
of the 1956 version of ‘Around the world in 80 days’ come to mind for some
reason.
From: Mike Borgelt
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 5:57 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject:
There is also a GP15 15 meter version under
construction. Same fuselage as the 13.5 M
version. Nicer looking than the Diana 2.
The wing sure looks similar to that on a Diana 2
but with winglets. The 13.5 M version wing weighs
31 Kg each side. Easy to rig by one person.
The 15M looks to be a
The glider Ron is referring to, is the GP14 Velo http://www.gpgliders.com/
, which is still under construction as far as I know, and nothing to do
with the Diana 2.
The Diana 2 is type certified, as of last year.
https://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/TCDS_A_451_SZD-56_Diana_issue_02.pdf
The
