On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 5:43:07 AM UTC-7, Brett wrote:
I would have thought that competing with a 21m glider against 28m
gliders would be like taking a knife to gun fight. But 17 out of 32
entries in open class are JS1c's. That's over 50% of the entries! They
have changed the nature of open class.

Then there are 5 out of 37 JS3's in the just started 15m championship.
They were placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th and 12th yesterday.

What is surprising about their achievement, is not that they have
designed and built world competitive gliders, not that they are
competitive in 3 different classes. But the speed with which they have
managed to progress from drawing board (computer) to prototype to
production and certification.[/QUOTE



... and of course the JS1's hold the current titles in both 18m and
Open classes of the WGC. With a bit of help from their pilots of
course... ;-)




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Brett

Since this thread is about the AS-33, I wish Schleicher would share design details. All the designers that were the lead designers of the gliders we know are not with Schleicher any more. Who are the designers? Schleicher was very involved with the MU-31, wonder why they choose the wing position they did? The V3 has a max wing loading of 11.3 pound and was designed as a low energy glider, the offerings from AS and JS offer less wing area and and up to a pound more wing loading. The next few years should be interesting to see which design philosophy the market embraces.