On Monday, April 6, 2015 at 7:29:40 PM UTC-4, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
...I did spend some time of the FES web site and it appears as if these units cannot be installed in Europe on certified gliders.

Things change fast. As of 10/2014 LAK17B FES has EASA Type Certificate.

http://www.front-electric-sustainer.com/news.php

Schempp-hirth seems confident about EASA Type Certificate for Ventus FES

http://www.schempp-hirth.com/index.p...&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=640&tx_ttnews[backPid]=130&cHash=745a0119cc