Electric Glider

The prototype Apis E was not developed in house at AMS. It was built up
from an Apis 15 meter kit by a very talented electrical engineer in
Ljubljana, the capitol city of Slovenia. I saw the glider and met its
builder/designer at AERO'05 in Friedrichshafen last April. At that time
it had only flown twice. It now has over 35 flight on it. The prototype
did not look like one, it look like a well developed serial production
airframe. The quality of the motor instalation and cockpit was first
class, this is evident in the link I provided earlier.

One goal of my up comming visit to Slovenia is to look at what is being
done to get the Apis E into production. The two owner of AMS have been
to the last two SSA Convnetions and I believe they will be at the '06
Convention. The Convention organizers are looking into haveing a
presentation about electric launch, I expect that will be well
attended. Production plans and some delivery schedules should be made
public then.

Plans are for the production units to have USA made brushless DC
motors, thus having much better efficency than the prototype.

Robert Mudd




Eric Greenwell wrote:
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What is the price of the Antares??

wrote:

What is the price of the Antares??

Somwhere in the vicinity of USD 200'000.

As a friend of mine who could afford one likes to say: It's much too
expensive, but it's worth every penny.

Stefan

Stefan wrote:
wrote:

What is the price of the Antares??

Somwhere in the vicinity of USD 200'000.

As a friend of mine who could afford one likes to say: It's much too
expensive, but it's worth every penny.

Or, as a friend of mine who could afford several might say: Get a grip,
man, it's a freakin' toy!

In article .com,
says...

Duncan McC wrote:
In article .com,
says...


A more resonable priced option is the new Apis E.

I'll be flying it in about two weeks in Slovenia.

Robert Mudd
Apis Sailplanes

How much? -

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Duncan,

In the low to mid $60,000. Depending on the exchange rate.
It is 15 meter span.

Robert Mudd

Cheers Robert - so confirming $60K Euro or thereabouts?

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Duncan

Duncan,

The price being put forth is 50,600 euro, Today that is $61,600.
However the price is subject to change oncec they get a firm handle on
production costs. I truly hope it goes no higher.

Robert Mudd

Cheers Robert - so confirming $60K Euro or thereabouts?

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Duncan

wrote:


Mal wrote:
http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.de/engl...u/menu-akt.htm

Wow I would like one for Christmas

Mal

Mal,

A more resonable priced option is the new Apis E.

http://community.webshots.com/album/325575930MzPANH

I'll be flying it in about two weeks in Slovenia.

Robert Mudd
Apis Sailplanes

Nice plug Robert :-)

Reasonably priced -- it depends on what you're after, right? An openclass
performing sailplane with all the newest in aerodynamics, crash safety,
ergonomics, energy for 3000m climb, or an ultralight sailplane.

The Antares costs 130k euros, not 200k USD as implied somewhere else here in
the thread, by the way. Considering what you get for this, this IS
reasonably priced.

Cheers
Ola

Ola Røer Thorsen wrote:

A more resonable priced option is the new Apis E.

Robert Mudd
Apis Sailplanes


Reasonably priced -- it depends on what you're after, right? An openclass
performing sailplane with all the newest in aerodynamics, crash safety,
ergonomics, energy for 3000m climb, or an ultralight sailplane.

How is the ventilation? From the photos, it appears it lacks the
eyeball vent now on all SH's and AS's. And how long does it take to rig
with those extra-heavy wings?

The Antares costs 130k euros, not 200k USD as implied somewhere else here in
the thread, by the way. Considering what you get for this, this IS
reasonably priced.

Cheers
Ola

130k euros is $160,000. Add all the extras, and you are close to
$200,000.

I see in the latest Aerokurier that there will be an an 18m version
(both unpowered and sustainer), though there is no mention of this on
the Antares website.

Does anyone know if the company has any plans to make an effort to sell
in the USA?

je napisal:
The prototype Apis E was not developed in house at AMS. It was built up
from an Apis 15 meter kit by a very talented electrical engineer in
Ljubljana, the capitol city of Slovenia. I saw the glider and met its
builder/designer at AERO'05 in Friedrichshafen last April. At that time
it had only flown twice. It now has over 35 flight on it. The prototype
did not look like one, it look like a well developed serial production
airframe. The quality of the motor instalation and cockpit was first
class, this is evident in the link I provided earlier.

One goal of my up comming visit to Slovenia is to look at what is being
done to get the Apis E into production. The two owner of AMS have been
to the last two SSA Convnetions and I believe they will be at the '06
Convention. The Convention organizers are looking into haveing a
presentation about electric launch, I expect that will be well
attended. Production plans and some delivery schedules should be made
public then.

Plans are for the production units to have USA made brushless DC
motors, thus having much better efficency than the prototype.

Robert Mudd




Eric Greenwell wrote:
Mike wrote:

Please report to us, or tell us where to find the report on your web site.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA


Check also new web page about Apis Electro on www.glider-one.si

Best regards,

Luka Znidarsic

Greg Arnold wrote:
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I see in the latest Aerokurier that there will be an an 18m version
(both unpowered and sustainer), though there is no mention of this on
the Antares website.

http://www.lange-flugzeugbau.com/deu...ntares2006.htm