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Old December 19th 17, 10:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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Default Arcus vs

On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 5:00:07 PM UTC-5, Dave Walsh wrote:
Very, very few electric Arcus were ever built.


IIRC only 3.

...one was crashed in the French Alps...


wing-tip into a rock-face, bad way to go...

You may wait a long time for first hand information on the
Arcus E.


There's one rented in Africa; google by whom and contact
them for information. They'll sell it to you ;-)

However lots of generally good things are said about
the Arcus, Arcus T and Arcus M


Yup!

The two stroke self launch Arcus M
and the Arcus E both have much higher wing loadings, opinion
on whether this is a real problem depends on who you ask.


ArcusM handles the weight just fine; not a big problem
even in pretty weak weather.

I'd guess Dave Nadler would be your best source of
information.


Bummer.