What new battery technology is that? On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 Bogumił, 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] <http://??>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <http://??>. > 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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