LS1-f neo

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 6:20:52 AM UTC-5, Bojack J4 wrote:
The 18m tips on LS6c really were added to the 15m wings as an afterthought
to the formerly successful LS6 racing wing to support a self-launcher
version, which never was marketed.

Perhaps you are referring to the LS-9 motor-glider (which I have seen)?
It has a nice tailwheel-in-rudder like later Antares and ArcusM.

See ya, Dave

Upgrading an LS6c from 17.5m to 18m-WL tips is possible (https://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/downlo...32/TM6032.pdf). You can check with Stefan Göldner from DG about the economics.

On 07/03/2017 07:44, Alex wrote:
Basically it is just the new Dillinger winglets. Retrofitting the LS1 wing root fairing has been common in the past, but now it is going top be an official mod.

It is rumored that after LS8 and LS1f the LS4 will be next in line for a neo update.


DG are taking options for neo winglets for the LS4. If they get 10 they
will do the work to do the design work and put into production.

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Nick Hill

On 07/03/2017 07:44, Alex wrote:
Basically it is just the new Dillinger winglets. Retrofitting the LS1 wing root fairing has been common in the past, but now it is going top be an official mod.

It is rumored that after LS8 and LS1f the LS4 will be next in line for a neo update.


DG are taking options for neo winglets for the LS4. If they get 10 they
will do the work to do the design work and put into production.


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Nick Hill

Think of how popular the World Class would have been if the LS-1 and Std. Cirrus had been selected and updated like this. Would have saved a bunch of development cost.

On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 17:10:00 UTC+2, wrote:
Think of how popular the World Class would have been if the LS-1 and Std. Cirrus had been selected and updated like this. Would have saved a bunch of development cost.

What you decribe is called club class.

On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:50:47 -0800, krasw wrote:

On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 17:10:00 UTC+2, wrote:
Think of how popular the World Class would have been if the LS-1 and
Std. Cirrus had been selected and updated like this. Would have saved a
bunch of development cost.

What you decribe is called club class.

No, he meant 'World Class' - the class that heaved & strained and laid
the PW-5 egg.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
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tiistai 7. maaliskuuta 2017 19.18.18 UTC+2 Martin Gregorie kirjoitti:
On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 08:50:47 -0800, krasw wrote:

On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 17:10:00 UTC+2, wrote:
Think of how popular the World Class would have been if the LS-1 and
Std. Cirrus had been selected and updated like this. Would have saved a
bunch of development cost.

What you decribe is called club class.

No, he meant 'World Class' - the class that heaved & strained and laid
the PW-5 egg.


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

Last IGC decided to make electric self-launch capability compulsory for 13.5m class, so PW-5 is without competition class in future. Historical moment? Sorry OT, but since discussion veered to DG tax we are OT anyway.

On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 01:08:36 -0800, krasw wrote:

Last IGC decided to make electric self-launch capability compulsory for
13.5m class,

So, who will be first to fit a FES to a PW-5?

Doesn't this make the World Class into a defunct, historic curiosity
since it has effectively been replaced by the 13.5m class?

Historical moment?

Definitely!


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martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
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On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 2:24:46 PM UTC-6, wrote:
This one caught me by surprise: DG announced the LS1-f neo on St. Valentine's Day, 14 FEB 2017.

http://www.dg-flugzeugbau.de/en/dg-a...o-fliegt/14428

Is this all new?
Fiberglass?
Carbon Fiber?
Other?

New, or rebuilt old LS1-f?

Why?

Maybe Alexander Schleicher will start building ASW-20's again?

Ray
LS1-d

Ray, my take on this is DG having plenty of open capacity for modifications of the older LS gliders. Due to the horrendous reaction on them demanding service contracts, sales of new DG and LS gliders must have plummeted. Oh the marketing geniuses at work, lead by Friedel Weber and his minions. Anyone knows how the business is doing?
Herb