Best Overall Motorglider available today?

Honestly no, I have no experience with that specific model.

57 dBa, while not loud, is very clearly audible, and in still, stable air (especially still, humid, stable air) sound carries a very long way.

If electric gliders (and electric tow vehicles) become the norm, then I'm sure infrastructure will be built to accommodate.

I'm not a New Castle member, just their biggest fan. There's power all over the airport, but since it wasn't put there with electric vehicles in mind, it wouldn't take too many before limits of power and accessibility were reached.

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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 9:18:20 AM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Have you listened to one? If it ran after 8 am, would it still be offensive?

You are right that it would not bother people at Ephrata, Hobbs, Parowan, Ely, or Minden, and
most of the places I fly. It's been a long time since I've been to Newcastle, so tell me: is
power available for several gliders to tie down where they could recharge from hangar outlets?
Could they be parked at one end of the tiedowns, far enough away that 57 dba generators would
not annoy people after 7 or 8 am?

Eric
Tango Eight wrote on 10/13/2020 5:14 AM:
It's not about "loud", Eric, it's about "peace and quiet".

On a still morning at New Castle, anyone with decent hearing will hear it at a 1/2 mile and it will not enhance the experience. At someplace like Hobbs or Ephrata, maybe one doesn't care as much.

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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 12:00:02 AM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Tango Eight wrote on 10/12/2020 5:12 PM:
If you think there is such a thing as a quiet generator you are either indulging in wishful thinking at the expense of your neighbors or you need your hearing evaluated, or both. Maybe it doesn't matter at some uninhabitable hellhole of a soaring site, but it would sure kill the ambiance at most of the (beautiful, quiet, wonderfully suitable for tent camping) sites I frequent.

Have you listened to a Honda EU2200i? It's rated at 57dba at full output, which is variously
described as normal conversation or a refrigerator running. If you are sleeping right next to
the glider being charged, it might seem loud (haven't tried it), but a 100' away, probably not.
But, I don't support running them at night, but between 7 am and 10 pm, or similar, so there is
a quiet time at night. Based on my flying, where I typically use the ASH26E engine for just the
launch, a similar electric glider would only need an hour of charging, so easily done in the
morning while preparing for the day's flight.
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