Does anyone know what glider that is?

[GM]

Ran accross this nice clip on YouTube posted by the Bacchus Marsh Soaring group in Australia. At 3:11, a wing-mounted camera shows a glider I can't identify. It looks like a side-by-side glass ship with a conventional tail.
Just curious what that glider is.
Thanks,
GM

[Dave Nadler]

Um, where's the link ?
Might be the Platypus...

[stephanevdv]

On Mar 3, 7:44*pm, Dave Nadler > wrote:
> Um, where's the link ?
> Might be the Platypus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp12j7_4PU

Yes! It is the Platypus!

[GM]

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:18:35 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> Ran accross this nice clip on YouTube posted by the Bacchus Marsh Soaring group in Australia. At 3:11, a wing-mounted camera shows a glider I can't identify. It looks like a side-by-side glass ship with a conventional tail.
> Just curious what that glider is.
> Thanks,
> GM

oops - the link didn't make it! Here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp12j7_4PU&feature=plcp&context=C31b5068UDOEgsToPDskLRDkR4xSvfcY6ZyM0Ll7gY

[stokiko]

On 3 mrt, 20:35, GM > wrote:
> On Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:18:35 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > Ran accross this nice clip on YouTube posted by the Bacchus Marsh Soaring group in Australia. At 3:11, a wing-mounted camera shows a glider I can't identify. It looks like a side-by-side glass ship with a conventional tail.
> > Just curious what that glider is.
> > Thanks,
> > GM
>
> oops - the link didn't make it! Here it is.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp12j7_4PU&feature=plcp&context=C31b5...

It is the one and only es-65 Platypus by Edmund Schneider, who also
designed the ESG
http://www.gliding-in-melbourne.org/platypus.htm

[Mike the Strike]

On Mar 3, 1:09*pm, stokiko > wrote:
> On 3 mrt, 20:35, GM > wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:18:35 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > > Ran accross this nice clip on YouTube posted by the Bacchus Marsh Soaring group in Australia. At 3:11, a wing-mounted camera shows a glider I can't identify. It looks like a side-by-side glass ship with a conventional tail.
> > > Just curious what that glider is.
> > > Thanks,
> > > GM
>
> > oops - the link didn't make it! Here it is.
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp12j7_4PU&feature=plcp&context=C31b5...
>
> It is the one and only es-65 Platypus by Edmund Schneider, who also
> designed the ESGhttp://www.gliding-in-melbourne.org/platypus.htm

Sensibly using low tow too, I see.

Mike

[GM]

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:09:18 PM UTC-5, Mike the Strike wrote:
> On Mar 3, 1:09*pm, stokiko > wrote:
> > On 3 mrt, 20:35, GM > wrote:
> >
> > > On Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:18:35 PM UTC-5, GM wrote:
> > > > Ran accross this nice clip on YouTube posted by the Bacchus Marsh Soaring group in Australia. At 3:11, a wing-mounted camera shows a glider I can't identify. It looks like a side-by-side glass ship with a conventional tail.
> > > > Just curious what that glider is.
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > GM
> >
> > > oops - the link didn't make it! Here it is.
> >
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQp12j7_4PU&feature=plcp&context=C31b5...
> >
> > It is the one and only es-65 Platypus by Edmund Schneider, who also
> > designed the ESGhttp://www.gliding-in-melbourne.org/platypus.htm
>
> Sensibly using low tow too, I see.
>
> Mike

Thanks to all that replied! That Platypus looks like a really interesting design. Just wondering why it didn't go into production.
GM

[JS]

I flew the platypus at Bacchus Marsh with Alan Patching.
What a great glider!
Nice handling, great visibility, side by side so cockpit communication is great. It even has a dummy landing gear handle which will sound an alarm if you try to pull airbrakes with the fixed gear "up".
There should be more than the one...
Jim

[Tuno]

Wow -- nice video. Hmmm, soaring ...

[Dave Nadler]

On Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:05:49 PM UTC-5, JS wrote:
> I flew the platypus at Bacchus Marsh with Alan Patching.
> What a great glider!
> Nice handling, great visibility, side by side so cockpit communication is great. It even has a dummy landing gear handle which will sound an alarm if you try to pull airbrakes with the fixed gear "up".
> There should be more than the one...
> Jim

I enjoyed flying it as well. It wasn't built quite
straight and has a firm tendency to turn at speed...
There was lots of intrigue and multiple attempts
to get it into production, but that was all
decades ago.

See ya, Dave "YO electric"