Announcements are cheap...

--
Bert Willing

ASW20 "TW"


"Paul T" a écrit dans le message de
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'DuckHawk 15m racer announced at 2003 SHA Western Workshop.
53:1glide ratio VNE 200 kts' -from Winward Performance
- anyone got anymore details?

'SZD-56-2, Diana 2: Newest 15-meter Sailplane.The technologically
advanced SZD-56-2 Diana 2 will soar on new wings next
summer. Bogumil Beres, chief design engineer of the
Diana and owner of Biuro Projektowe 'B' Bogumil Beres,
recently announced the design project of a breakthrough
Diana 2, featuring a curved wing platform with a continuously
varying airfoil and high-performance winglets. The
original Diana fuselage will be retained, but with
a lower drag fuselage-wing junction. The wing loading
range will be 6.08 - 11.7 psf. Most remarkably, the
Diana 2 will break the long-standing 15-meter glide
ratio barrier of 50/1 with room to spa forecast
performance includes a max L/D of 52/1. The prototype
Diana 2 wings will fly next August. Diana 2's will
be delivered in the Spring of 2005.'

Have the Germans got something to worry about?