Arcus vs

At 20:30 19 December 2017, wrote:
Hi,

How does Arcus compare (any and all aspects) to other
modern two seaters?
Does anyone have any experience with Arcus EL?

Very, very few electric Arcus were ever built. I know of one
that was crashed in the French Alps, it was spun-in, so that's
one less.
You may wait a long time for first hand information on the
Arcus E. However lots of generally good things are said about
the Arcus, Arcus T and Arcus M: there are lots of them at
Sisteron in the summer. The two stroke self launch Arcus M
and the Arcus E both have much higher wing loadings, opinion
on whether this is a real problem depends on who you ask.
Lots of information out there on the Lange Antares 20E/23E
electric propulsion system, this is pretty much the same as the
system in the Arcus E. In climb you've probably got 11 -13
minutes total engine run time so if you use 6 minutes climbing
out you've got 6 minutes of run time left; this is NOT going to
get you back from the far end of a failed 500K. This is probably
a significant factor for many buyers? On the plus side you have
a reliable electric motor not a complex smelly petrol engine.
I'd guess Dave Nadler would be your best source of
information.
Dave Walsh

So it looks like ASG-32 is the only electric powered two seater made nowadays?

Should make any decisions easy if electric engine is the base factor

S

On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 5:00:07 PM UTC-5, Dave Walsh wrote:
Very, very few electric Arcus were ever built.

IIRC only 3.

...one was crashed in the French Alps...

wing-tip into a rock-face, bad way to go...

You may wait a long time for first hand information on the
Arcus E.

There's one rented in Africa; google by whom and contact
them for information. They'll sell it to you ;-)

However lots of generally good things are said about
the Arcus, Arcus T and Arcus M

Yup!

The two stroke self launch Arcus M
and the Arcus E both have much higher wing loadings, opinion
on whether this is a real problem depends on who you ask.

ArcusM handles the weight just fine; not a big problem
even in pretty weak weather.

I'd guess Dave Nadler would be your best source of
information.

Bummer.