Looking for Libelle information.

The H-301 is a sweet flying machine and will climb on a nats fart. The dive brakes aren't as affective as a ship with spoilers, so I usually entered the pattern at about 800 feet and pulled them out most of down-wind. If your high, it will take longer to shed the altitude.
JJ

I fly a Schuemanized H301. If it's hot, I leave the canopy cracked on tow. I have the standard sliding window with the scoop which is adequate off tow. Be glad to share any info/experiences with you.

Olin Kane

On Monday, June 25, 2012 4:43:58 PM UTC-6, 914Driver wrote:
Hello all,

New guy here. I recently bought a Schuemanized Libelle and would like
more information on these ships. I heard there were only nine
manufactured, but I can't find that in writing anywhere. Because the
nose is closed up (CG tow hook now) air into the cabin is slight, I'm
curious how others have dealt with this.

If anyone here has information or a point of contact for these, I'd love
to hear from you.

On Monday, June 25, 2012 3:43:58 PM UTC-7, 914Driver wrote:
Hello all,

New guy here. I recently bought a Schuemanized Libelle and would like
more information on these ships. I heard there were only nine
manufactured, but I can't find that in writing anywhere. Because the
nose is closed up (CG tow hook now) air into the cabin is slight, I'm
curious how others have dealt with this.

If anyone here has information or a point of contact for these, I'd love
to hear from you.
o

Thanks, Dan




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914Driver

I was briefly a part-owner of N152F. Serial # 30, I believe. Ex Joe Lincoln, via Judy Ruprecht through the San Diego Aviation Museum. It has sharpened leading edge, pointed nose, and tail vent displacing drag chute. It still lives in So. Cal. but has not flown for a few years. Needs rudder gimbal AD compliance - we have the parts, but not yet done.
I believe it may have been Indrebo modified.

Hello Dan,
you have an extremely nice bird there! Wish I lived in the US! Here in the old world (Germany) it is hard to do such modifications.

I am just investigating what I can do to my Libelle. I won my first comp after 12 years in it without any modifications. I have added boundry layer fences between flaps and alierons (climbs better) and am currently fitting a low canopy, and will add a flap-fuselage teflon seal as soon as it gets warm enough to work outside.

May it be possible to get some pictures of your bird? I like the looks very much. And some details of the tail, the canopy setup and the wing-fuselage fillets would be great. And maybe a pic of the control rods in the fuselage about the battery case, there is a change somewere there, too.

Best regards, Volker

On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:45:35 -0800, volkerappel69 wrote:

I am just investigating what I can do to my Libelle. I won my first comp
after 12 years in it without any modifications. I have added boundry
layer fences between flaps and alierons (climbs better) and am currently
fitting a low canopy, and will add a flap-fuselage teflon seal as soon
as it gets warm enough to work outside.

From your comments I guess you're flying an H.301. I fly an H201, so I am
uncertain if the following will help you:

My 201 has a full span turbulator in the underside of the wing, placed
just in front of where the undercambered section starts. Subjectively, it
improves the high speed polar and the BGA agree, because it adds 1 to the
BGA handicap (from 89 to 90). It is an easy and cheap modification to
make. Glasfaser (www.streifly.de) support this modification, so ask them
if it will work on your glider.

Glasfaser also supply and fit wing root fairings and will know the EASA
rules about fitting them.


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