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'DuckHawk 15m racer announced at 2003 SHA Western Workshop.
53:1glide ratio VNE 200 kts' -from Winward Performance - anyone got anymore details? 'SZD-56-2, Diana 2: Newest 15-meter Sailplane.The technologically advanced SZD-56-2 Diana 2 will soar on new wings next summer. Bogumil Beres, chief design engineer of the Diana and owner of Biuro Projektowe 'B' Bogumil Beres, recently announced the design project of a breakthrough Diana 2, featuring a curved wing platform with a continuously varying airfoil and high-performance winglets. The original Diana fuselage will be retained, but with a lower drag fuselage-wing junction. The wing loading range will be 6.08 - 11.7 psf. Most remarkably, the Diana 2 will break the long-standing 15-meter glide ratio barrier of 50/1 with room to spa forecast performance includes a max L/D of 52/1. The prototype Diana 2 wings will fly next August. Diana 2's will be delivered in the Spring of 2005.' Have the Germans got something to worry about? |
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