Phil wrote:
On Aug 17, 5:07 pm, Larry Dighera wrote:

The Sinus and Virus are available in both a tri-cycle gear and tail
dragger configuration.

Nice airplanes. But I have to say that the names they chose leave a
lot to be desired. It's hard to believe someone could achieve it, but
these names are even worse than "SkyCatcher".

Kitplanes magazine had an article on the Sinus and Virus in its October
2005 edition. The origin of the names were covered in the first paragraph
of that article:

"First thing first - why, exactly, is this airplane called the Sinus? And
its sibling, the Virus? Can’t wait to hear the marketing scheme behind
these gems. Well, bizarre as they may sound, there is logic behind the
names. Sinus (actually pronounced SEE-noose) is the German word for sine,
as in sine wave - OK smarty, it’s actually Latin, but the German language
(like English) still uses some Latin words, especially in scientific lingo.
When the Pipistrel folks saw the reaction of the English-speaking world to
Sinus, there was not much to do but admit defeat and call the next one, the
short-wing version, the Virus."

The complete article is available online to subscribers at this URL:

http://www.kitplanes.com/issues/pdfs/1005-1520.pdf

As motorgliders they look like great choices. One has even traveled around
the world:

http://www.mcp.com.au/pipistrel-usa/...e-flights.html