[Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-10 Thread Mark King
For those who want to fly jets but can't afford a Citation http://www.desertaerospace.com/bonusjet/ Mark ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-10 Thread Ross McLean
boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Mark King Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 3:38 PM To: Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info For those who want to fly jets but can't afford a Citation

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-11 Thread Mike Borgelt
, 11 June 2010 3:38 PM To: Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info For those who want to fly jets but can't afford a Citation <http://www.desertaerospace.com/bonusjet/>http://www.desertaerospace.com/bonusjet/ Mark _

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-11 Thread Ross McLean
:04 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info We discussed that project here the week before last. Yes Bob Carlton will sell you an engine. I had a good look at one at Avalon in 2009 when he had one on his Salto for this

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-11 Thread Mike Borgelt
to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info We discussed that project here the week before last. Yes Bob Carlton will sell you an engine. I had a good look at one at Avalon in 2009 when he had one on his Salto for this airshow routine and talked with Bob for

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-11 Thread Ross McLean
ssion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info The electric option for the Arcus is Euro 78400 (Approx A$113,000) so it depends on what you mean by prohibitively expensive. Anybody know the difference in price between a Ve

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-13 Thread DMcD
s Mike > >>Still prohibitively expensive, hopefully costs will come down to achievable > >>levels at some stage. > >>ROSS > >> > >>-----Original Message- > >>From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net > >>[mailto:aus-soaring-boun.

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-13 Thread Mike Borgelt
At 12:17 PM 14/06/2010, you wrote: >Anybody know the difference in price between a Ventus 2CXM and a 2CX currently? I think you pay about €25,000 for a complete self launching Solo motor + instruments in a DG glider. Not quite what I asked. The glider differs structurally from the motorgles

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

Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info

2010-06-14 Thread T & J Gilbert
- From: "Mike Borgelt" To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Jet Powered Sailplanes Info At 12:17 PM 14/06/2010, you wrote: >Anybody know the difference in price between a Ventus 2CXM

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