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- DG & LS News -
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DG
Flugzeugbau named "Best Brand of the Year 2007";
"aerokurier"
celebrated
its 50th year in 2007. For
the anniversary issue, which was published at the end of July 2007, the
magazine started a survey amongst its readers in order to find
out how they judge the various aircraft manufacturers – the
“brands” of our industry. Responses
were to be sent to aerokurier, or handed in at the publisher’s stand
at the trade fair AERO 2007. Over
1,000 readers took part in the survey.
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August, 2007:
Rick
Walters is the winner of the Pre-Worlds 2007 with the factory LS10
The "Pre-Worlds" called "Lilienthal Glide
2007" took place in Luesse, where next year the "WGC
2008" will be held. Rick Walters has won the contest in the
18m class with factory LS10. When he brought the glider back
to Bruchsal he was very enthusiastic about the performance. The
DG/LS-Team congratulates Rick to his success.
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March
16th, 2007:
100th
DG1000 delivered and maiden flight of the DG-1000 Club on
February 22nd. Press
Release
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August 30, 2006:
New world glider altitude
record of 50,671 ft (15,447 m) set by Fossett and Enevoldson in
Argentina in a modified DG-505 - The first ever glider flight into the
earth’s stratosphere.
More Info
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 June
5, 2006:
LS-8 takes first and third place wins at the 2006 World Championships in
Eskilsulua Sweden. More Info
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March
12 - 18, 2006:
DG-1000S wins at the 2006 Seniors
Competition in Seminole Lake FL out of a field of 56 gliders and an LS-8 takes 3rd place.
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Our Sailpanes
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DG-1000
DG-1000S
Club: fixed gear and 18 meter fixed wingspan
DG-1000S:
Retractable gear with or without nose wheel and 20 meter
extensions with winglets
DG-1000T:
Retractable with nose wheel, 20 meter extensions with
winglets, 30 HP Solo 2350C Sustainer engine, and new
DEI-NT.
Technical
Data of the DG-1000
In the
beginning, there were only three 20 meter class two
seaters on the market; all with very different
characteristics:
 The
ASK 21 was considered to be the ideal glider for
flight training: robust,
docile, and suitable for aerobatics.
The
Duo-Discus was the most modern two seater and was
designed especially for
cross-country flying.
The
DG-505 ORION was multitalented and combined good
training capabilities, and
very good performance in both cross-country and
aerobatic flying.
In the Spring of 1997 the DG team
got together to discuss the long term plans for DG
Flugzeugbau. During these discussions it became clear
that they could design and construct a glider that
combines all the positive characteristics of the three
models mentioned above.
The result was a plan for a two
seater glider, the DG-1000.
DG-1000
- The New Two-Seater of DG Flugzeugbau
DG-1000T
Two-Seater with Sustainer Engine DG-1000T
Technical Data
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DG-808
Technical
Data and Three Dim. Side View of the DG-808C
Technical
Data and Three Dim. Side View of the DG-808S
We are
delighted that DG can now offer each customer exactly
the glider he or she wants, with 5 different variants of
this successful model:
 DG-808C
– the classic self-launcher with improvements over the
DG-808B. (Scroll down in the linked page for new
specifications.)
DG-808C
Competition
– with a higher take-off weight of 600 kg, New
reinforced landing gear with improved shock absorption,
reinforced safety cockpit, New DEI-NT, and bug wiper
garages.
DG-808S
– the pure glider, very light and excellent for
climbing
DG-808S-Competition
– the glider version with a max. take-off weight of
600 kg
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LS8-s/LS8-st
High performance glider - model enhancements
by DG Flugzeugbau
The LS8 no longer needs any introduction - after all, over the past few
years it has been the most frequently sold standard class glider. The recent
takeover of LS Flugzeugbau sparked the ambition amongst our engineers to
enhance this outstanding product even further.
The LS8-s was born!
The following enhancements have been implemented with the start of
production at DG Flugzeugbau:
1. reinforced wing structure for a higher max. take-off weight of 575kg in
the 18m version
2. comfortably sprung and retractable undercarriage, enlarged to 5 inches
for easier ground handling
3. Piggott
hook to avoid unintentional opening of the airbrakes
4. side trim with integrated pocket
5. battery boxes under the seat - leaves more room
for luggage
6. canopy cover and water ballast funnel as standard
7. options for
The LS8-st has all the enhancements of the
LS8-s plus the 23 HP Solo 2350 sustainer engine to help you get home on those
days that the lift just stops working. LS8-st
vs the DG808-B
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LS-10
At
Rolladen-Schneider, the LS10 was conceived as a combination glider for
the 15 and 18 meter classes, with wing parting at the 17m location. This was done so that the wing
plan-form could
be optimized for both configurations, maintain a low overall weight and
the soft LS feel in flight.
The designer, Werner Scholz of the Steinbeiss Institute in Stuttgart,
planned a glider with the same easy handling characteristics typical or
the LS series. In contrast to the LS6, better slow speed and high speed
performance was designed into the LS10. The optimization of the
performance was not to be at the expense of the low sensitivity of the
LS6 to turbulence, rain and bugs. This goal would seem to have been
reached as demonstrated by the initial contest experience and results.
Holger Back said, "At Bayreuth I had no disadvantage during rain
showers."
The
New LS10 18/15 Meter Class Glider
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Last Updated: January 06, 2008
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