LS1-f neo

On Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 8:11:00 AM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:28:19 -0800, krasw wrote:

Thinking of PW-5 nose ground clearance, fitting FES would make a rather
expensive lawnmower.

True enough - my excuse is that its years since I've seen one.

But isn't there a UK company that is in the process
of fitting not only jet but ELECTRIC engine driving wheels of glider
that has PW-5 wings? And no, I believe IGC did not have this in mind
when deciding on "electrical self launching" capability.



http://www.proairsport.com/news.php

On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:46:56 -0800, Dan Daly wrote:

On Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 8:11:00 AM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:28:19 -0800, krasw wrote:

Thinking of PW-5 nose ground clearance, fitting FES would make a
rather expensive lawnmower.

True enough - my excuse is that its years since I've seen one.

But isn't there a UK company that is in the process of fitting not
only jet but ELECTRIC engine driving wheels of glider that has PW-5
wings? And no, I believe IGC did not have this in mind when deciding
on "electrical self launching" capability.



http://www.proairsport.com/news.php

Good to see its still progressing. Some dimensions and performance
estimates would be nice.


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On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:46:58 UTC, Dan Daly wrote:
On Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 8:11:00 AM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:28:19 -0800, krasw wrote:

Thinking of PW-5 nose ground clearance, fitting FES would make a rather
expensive lawnmower.

True enough - my excuse is that its years since I've seen one.

But isn't there a UK company that is in the process
of fitting not only jet but ELECTRIC engine driving wheels of glider
that has PW-5 wings? And no, I believe IGC did not have this in mind
when deciding on "electrical self launching" capability.



http://www.proairsport.com/news.php

The company was wound up in a solvent liquidation, having failed to raise sufficient funds to complete the project. I believe the main director is attempting to resuscitate the project. It would have been the cheapest self launching glider by far, at the expense of considerably less good glide performance than the Silent or other newer 13.5 m gliders.