Jonathan St. Cloud wrote on 8/27/2017 2:58 PM:
At the 18 meter Nationals in Uvalde this month one would imagine there were multiple in air-starts. The only one I had heard of that did not start was the jet on a Jonkers. Having owned several lawn mower sustainers, I wonder if it is feasible for a sustainer electric pylon, or would the weight be effectively the same as a self launch?

Schleicher provides the ASG 32 EL, an electric sustainer version of the ASG 32.


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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/...anes-2014A.pdf