“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: Re: [Aus-soaring] [gfaforum] DIana 2 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 seriously good competition glider with a very wide wing loading range. Electric self launch too. (Fully retractable, not the silly FES). A welcome change from the trend to making gliders converge on the B-52. There is some new battery tech on the horizon too which will mean a 10Kw-hour battery weighs only 25 Kg. Allegedly will be safer than current Li-ion tech too. This should be enough for a launch and subsequent climb of at least 8000 feet. However will the sport cope with all self launching gliders? Mike At 04:52 PM 9/17/2016, you wrote: 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 13.5m Diana 2 "Versus" exists and is almost certainly the best 13.5m glider. Beres BogumiÅ, the man behind the Diana 2 passed away earlier in the year. What happened after that is a bit murky, but my understanding is the assets were sold to SZD (there's multiple SZD's, it's confusing), who is once again producing the Diana 2, and *allegedly* producing one with a fuselage that has lower angle of attack on the ground, and an 18m stretch. On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Tom & Kerrie Claffey <[email protected]> wrote: Nope, The Versus (13.5M experimental version of Diana2) was flown by Stefano Giorgio who won the first 13.5M WGC in it. The glider Sebastian was going to fly, but they ran out of time, is a different, all new glider. Since then the 13.5 M class is supposed to go electric self launch. I think the 15M Diana 2 is soon out of the WGC due to time from prototype to certification. (There is some limit) Having seen a few of them I would not own one, talk to Mak. Tom ... On Saturday, 17 September 2016, Ron Sanders <[email protected]> wrote: Hey guys out there, Anyone know what is happening with the Diana 2 these days?? Last i heard was  a 13.5 metre version was gonna be flown by Sebastian Kawa at some GP thing and it didn't make it. Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gliding Australia Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. -- Sent from my steam driven laptop in a dusty corner of some remote airfield! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gliding Australia Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/. _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 www.borgeltinstruments.com tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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