“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, the result would be transformative (in my view). “Go ahead, make my day” :) Cheers, Simon > On 17 Sep 2016, at 8:23 PM, Peter Champness <[email protected]> wrote: > > What new battery technology is that? > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Mike Borgelt > <[email protected] <mailto:[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/ >> <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 >> >> <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] >> <mailto:[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] >> <mailto:[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/ >> <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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/a/glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/ >> <https://groups.google.com/a/glidingaustralia.org/group/gfaforum/>. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring >> <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring>Borgelt Instruments - >> design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > <http://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] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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