Maiden flight of the Arcus

At 17:50 10 April 2009, Maciek wrote:

The wing is totally new,

Actually, it doesn't look a "totally new" to me. I believe it's
flapped as

kestrell19 said, so it propably has a little different airfoil, at least
at
the flapped part, but the wing shape still looks the same,
multi-trapezoidal
wing, as in DUO.

the fuselage is similar to XL (new - longer fuselage Duo/Nimbus
fuselage)
However - it can be equipped with an electric self launcher so is
structurally somewhat different...

And that's a good point. Looks like the electric propulsion becomes a
new
trend for powered sailplanes, and I think it is going to stay there for

much longer than the little jets. But still, couldn't they just give
DUO
the
battery, leaving the DUO name (same fuselage, maybe the elevator...)?
Perhaps, when they show some more specific technical info and more
detailed
pictures, I will change my mind.

Maciek



for more details

http://www.schempp-hirth.com/index.p...&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=300&tx_ttnews[backPid]=130&cHash=067f525889

or in German

http://www.schempp-hirth.com/index.p...&L=0&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=299&tx_ttnews[backPid]=130&cHash=6fbda7cbde

The Brochure

http://www.schempp-hirth.com/fileadm...ro09-E_web.pdf

and more photos

http://www.planeur.net/index.php?opt...479&Item id=1

The wing certainly looks different to me. I have just compared it with
several photos I have of DUOs.

Gavin