Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-14 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 06:40 AM 15/06/2010, you wrote: The price difference betwen the DG-808S (unpowered) and the DG-808C (self launcher) is approx. 45000 EURO. The Turbo (sustainer only, not self launch) which is a much simpler system and a much smaller engine adds about 13500 EURO to the price of an LS10. To

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-14 Thread T & J Gilbert
The price difference betwen the DG-808S (unpowered) and the DG-808C (self launcher) is approx. 45000 EURO. The Turbo (sustainer only, not self launch) which is a much simpler system and a much smaller engine adds about 13500 EURO to the price of an LS10. Tom - Original Message - Fr

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-14 Thread DMcD
>On 20 litres of fuel, the modern 2 stroke SLG will fly about 5.5 km Sorry, 550 km in sawtooth mode. >The glider differs structurally from the motorgless glider. The quoted price was close to the difference between something like an LS8 or DG808 S which are not prepared for the motor, and a DG80