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Brad
October 25th 04, 11:34 PM
A friend of mine is considering installing winglets on his LS-1C. Has
anyone ever seen or heard of an LS-1 with winglets? Is there a
retro-fit installation for winglets available? I know that the Libelle
has a winglet kit, so perhaps the LS-1 has one too.

Cheers,
Brad
Apis 13

Ray Lovinggood
October 26th 04, 01:31 AM
Brad,

Tell your friend he would ruin the exquisite lines
of the LS1-c if the tacky winglets were installed.

While I don't know of any, I suppose Hansjorg Streifeneder
could construct them. His web page is:

http://www.streifly.de/home.html

If your friend is looking for a performance improvement
for the old bird, let him know I think the best 'tweak'
would be with the addition of a nice Cobra (or Komet)!!!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Biased, with a DG(LS)1-d



At 23:00 25 October 2004, Brad wrote:
>A friend of mine is considering installing winglets
>on his LS-1C. Has
>anyone ever seen or heard of an LS-1 with winglets?
>Is there a
>retro-fit installation for winglets available? I know
>that the Libelle
>has a winglet kit, so perhaps the LS-1 has one too.
>
>Cheers,
>Brad
>Apis 13
>

stephanevdv
October 26th 04, 09:40 AM
Try contacting Afandi Darlington. I read he could provide winglets for
any type of glider.

As far as I know, this is his company:

http://www.optimal-aerodynamics.com

or telephone +44(0)2089770399


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Bob Kuykendall
October 26th 04, 04:26 PM
Earlier, (Brad) wrote:

> A friend of mine is considering installing winglets on his LS-1C...

I'd be inclined to look into getting a set of David Colling HP-18
winglets, and adapting them.

Thanks again, Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24

Erik Braun
October 26th 04, 06:11 PM
Hi Brad,

why not ask the folks of DG Flugzeugbau? The build the LS8 now (and
hopefully the LS10 soon) and provide spareparts for all LS gliders.
Try ; they can also get in contact with Wolf
Lemke.

Happy landings, Erik.



Brad wrote:

> A friend of mine is considering installing winglets on his LS-1C. Has
> anyone ever seen or heard of an LS-1 with winglets? Is there a
> retro-fit installation for winglets available? I know that the Libelle
> has a winglet kit, so perhaps the LS-1 has one too.
>
> Cheers,
> Brad
> Apis 13

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