17.6 meter tips for Ventus C ?

The 17.6 tips was a glove that was available from SH for the Nimbus-3 and Ventus-C with factory blessing, but no blessing for the Ventus A or B models.. I have seen at least one B with 17.6 tips, but that wing wasn't built for the increased span. Rather easy job to add the glove and they are probably still available from the factory.
JJ

Le vendredi 19 octobre 2018 15:43:55 UTC+2, a écritÂ*:
The 17.6 tips was a glove that was available from SH for the Nimbus-3 and Ventus-C with factory blessing, but no blessing for the Ventus A or B models. I have seen at least one B with 17.6 tips, but that wing wasn't built for the increased span. Rather easy job to add the glove and they are probably still available from the factory.
JJ

On the Ventus C, the 17.6 m are not gloves, but standard tips with a spar that is inserted into the main wing. There are inofficial gloves around though which extend the 17.6 m to 18 m with winglets.
Amd yes, the C wings are structurally different from a/b wings.
So, extending a a/b to 17.6 or the C to 18 m winglet is a bet in terms of load and flutter which I wouldn't take.

I have seen two different ventus b's, one with trailing edge brakes and newer s/n, that i own, with conventional.
Newer has a bit different rod configuration, no flap shaft, wing fairings on fuselage, etc.. I believe it is the same ventus c except wing tips.

Both gliders came from factory with 15m and 16.6m tips.

Mine was redesignated from b to c (TN 349-11) some time later.
Redesignation was possible, probably, because it was sold by factory with applied bulletins 349-18 and 349-19.

This is how i came up with ventus c and 16.6 meter tips.


SH said that they do not provide 17.6 meter tips anymore.

BR,
Martynas

Le vendredi 19 octobre 2018 16:34:24 UTC+2, Martynas Bykovas a écritÂ*:
I have seen two different ventus b's, one with trailing edge brakes and newer s/n, that i own, with conventional.
Newer has a bit different rod configuration, no flap shaft, wing fairings on fuselage, etc.. I believe it is the same ventus c except wing tips.

Both gliders came from factory with 15m and 16.6m tips.

Mine was redesignated from b to c (TN 349-11) some time later.
Redesignation was possible, probably, because it was sold by factory with applied bulletins 349-18 and 349-19.

This is how i came up with ventus c and 16.6 meter tips.


SH said that they do not provide 17.6 meter tips anymore.

BR,
Martynas

Ok, I see. Looks like the typical incremental shift between two models by SH. My Ventus cM for example is the first one (of four) which received the sprung 5" wheel of the Ventus 2...