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I also started to fly gliders, and it would be lovely indeed to have electric self-launching glider, though unfortunately atm there are just too few of them, mo
by dmytroi 7y ago
I also started to fly gliders, and it would be lovely indeed to have electric self-launching glider, though unfortunately atm there are just too few of them, most popular are Arcus E and ASG 32 El, both are too new (cost a lot of money) and too rare. I wouldn't mind if our club get one, but it might be more economical to get a few other high performance gliders instead (like get two ASW 27 instead of one ASG 32 El) as it much easier to deal with them in a club context (doing 5+ launches per day, maintenance, etc).
Most likely a first viable step would be to get electrical tow plane first.