Thread: Arcus vs
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Old December 20th 17, 09:42 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Craig Lowrie
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Default Arcus vs

There is a third 20m flapped 2 seater worth considering... The 20m
TwinShark... Take a look on the HPH website.... www.hph.cz.

It is much lighter than the other two 20m flapped two seaters and has a
higher aspect ratio as well as latest generation aerodynamics.

Craig

At 08:49 20 December 2017, krasw wrote:
We have Arcus E in our airfield. Owners seem to be happy with it and it
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es a lot and never lands out. It is very heavy which makes it impossible
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fly in 20m class (800kg MTOW) competitions. All self-launchers in this
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ss (and ASG 32EL which has similar empty weight) fly very close to 800kg
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OW without any water ballast. In WGC level competitions lighter Arcus T's
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or those few non-engined ships) have edge in weak weather. I think the
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ral consensus between 32Mi and Arcus M pilots is that both consider their
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hips to be little better than others...