Gosh Jonathan, I really shouldn't post while sitting in an uncomforatble
airport lounge while waiting to fly home from Friedrichshafen.

I did speak to SH about the "New Ventus" but since I can't afford it & I
don't fly flapped gliders then I wasn't that interested. It did look very
nice. It has a new wing (didn't check whether it has zig-ziag or blown)
with a number of new aerofoils (Hurrah for CNC), with a refined fuselage
wing junction. It will be nicer handling, will climb a little better, and
be more bug resistant. The difference in glide will be quote "Not a lot",
about the same gain as you'd lose by fitting FES. There are two new
fuselages on the way, one of the options will have side hinged canopy, one
forward hinged (Can't remember which way round). The fuselage on display
was just a "mock up". The whole thing on display could probably have been a
V2cxa.
A bit like the iPad / iPad 2 / iPad they're calling it the "New Ventus".

Of more interest to me was the D2C-FES. Just a few questions to ask (Can
ballast be fitted for a 50kg pilot? Will it have an Aerotow hook?) before I
get my name in the queue. I'm being reluctantly pushed into an 18m glider
to get FES, if it could be retrofitted to Discus B or a new CS that would
be my preferred option.

Also of interest (to me) was the Peszke (?) GP series. Discus performance
in a 13.5m glider. If FES was an option I'd have been seriously tempted
(I'd like them to be flying a couple of years first, but someone has to be
an early adopter!)

Generally at Aero Electric was everywhere.

So, still thinking of buying a NV ("New Ventus") rather than a "discarded"
V2cax?
It climbs better - Spend the money saved on aerotows & practice on the iffy
days
Better handling - Not aware of the V2 being deficient, don't know if the NV
mixes ailerons & flaps the way that Schleicher do which would improve
handling.
More bug resistant - Buy bug-wipers (Probably already fitted to a comp
prepared V2).

You're right I don't know you, but a do know a number of truly world class
pilots who run possibly the best coaching system in the world (Plug for the
UK), and their advice is invariably "If you want to fly better prepare
whatever glider you already have properly - clean, chip free leading edges
- than spend the extra cash on launches & practice. Especially on the bad
days when you might not be tempted to take a launch. Admittedly here in the
UK we have more than our share of iffy days on which to do so.

The really good thing about the NV is that those at the top of our sport,
who really do want to compete at world level, will sell their V2cxas
(That's a plural, not yet another letter in the string)

I'll stop now as this post is already over long

Regards

KN

At 22:17 17 April 2015, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Golly Kevin, not really the response I was looking for. I was hoping
someo=
ne who had been to the AERO booth and talked to S-H representatives could
i=
nform the newsgroup about the technology used in this beautiful new
glider.=