Discus 2a vs Arcus @ 200km/h - EGC 2013

waremark wrote, On 7/19/2013 9:20 AM:
On Friday, 19 July 2013 10:47:45 UTC+1, Wolf Aviator wrote:
Hi ladies and gents,



Here is a video made by Sebastian Kawa on ECG 2013 at Ostrów in

Poland.



This video presents final glide of his Discus 2a wing to wing with

Arcus flying at 200km/h. As you can see at this speed performance

of 20m span glider is no better than 15m Discus 2a.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xrDLQ61474



quote (1m 8s of video):

"A why they're buying such expensive gliders...".

Regards

Wolf

http://youtube.com/user/WolfTheAviator

Thanks for the translation and the other info. As an Arcus owner I
was rather disappointed! Was the Discus flying in 15m or 18m mode? Do
we know how the wing loadings compared?

You don't buy a two seat, 20 meter glider for it's 200 kph performance.
How fast would the Discus go with a 180 lb passenger?

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