On Apr 25, 1:55*pm, S.B. wrote:
Papa3 wrote:
I've only got two flights in an LS3, but it handles like
a dream and is just so pleasant to fly. *Then again,
maybe I'm biased, having owned an LS4 and now
an LS8.

Is the LS8 much better that the LS4? *How does it
compare with the Discus 2?

Yeah, the LS8 is quite a bit better than the LS4 in two areas:

- Go fast. Anything above 70 it just walks away from the -4.
- Heavy. Handles water way better.

Having said the above... I know it may be heresy, but I actually think
the LS4 is a tiny bit better for choppy/broken thermals. I could slam
it around with rudder, haul back on the stick, and it doesn't protest
(with the CG properly set up). Nobody EVER outclimbed me when I was
flying the LS4.

P3