On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:06:32 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Looks like an interesting concept: https://www.alexander-schleicher.de/en/aero-2019-5/

It is basically an ASW-28/18.
Cost is quite precisely 30.000 Euros more than a pure-glider ASW-28.

No flaps, very easy to fly, very simple and reliable engine managment,
climbs to 2.600m, very good performance, moderate wing loading without
water.


So, the advantages of an Antares combined with the simple handling of
a Standard Class glider (in Germany the student pilots are flying
LS-4, ASW-24, Discus, etc), for roughly 100.000 Euros less than an
Antares.

Could be the first ever club compatible electric glider.

And, as a friend pointed out:
As a club or a commercial operation, buy 5 of these instead of 5 pure
gliders, and the additional cost is still less than a tow plane.Three
800m launches per day ought to be sufficient for 99 percent of the
cases.


Cheers
Andreas