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Mal
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robertmudd1u@aol.com
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 Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:14 am Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Mal wrote:
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
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bagmaker
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Go you halves, Mal
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fadoodle@yahoo.com
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 7:03 am Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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I'll sell you my spot on the waiting list.
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Duncan McC
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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In article <1130390052.787725.255420 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
[email]robertmudd1u (AT) aol (DOT) com[/email] says...
How much? - :)
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Mal
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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In the lotto ticket no worries.
Maybe they can send it out as demo model for the national comps in Gawler
this Christmas.
Happy to fly it for them even happier if I win.
www.mals.net
"bagmaker" <bagmaker.1xk2n1 (AT) news (DOT) aviationbanter.com> wrote
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Go you halves, Mal?
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David Kinsell
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Mal wrote:
| Quote: | In the lotto ticket no worries.
Maybe they can send it out as demo model for the national comps in Gawler
this Christmas.
Happy to fly it for them even happier if I win.
www.mals.net
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A self-launcher would be good for you. Wouldn't have to fly low-tow,
and deal with those metal weaklinks zipping back at ya.
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Fred
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:07 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Robert:
Looks nice -- 13 or 15 meter? Let us know how it flies. Fred
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robertmudd1u@aol.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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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:
| Quote: | Mike wrote:
Please report to us, or tell us where to find the report on your web site.
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Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly
Eric Greenwell
Washington State
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david_sieber@yahoo.com
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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What is the price of the Antares??
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Stefan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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[email]david_sieber (AT) yahoo (DOT) com[/email] wrote:
| Quote: | What is the price of the Antares??
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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
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Marc Ramsey
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Stefan wrote:
| Quote: | david_sieber (AT) yahoo (DOT) com 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.
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Or, as a friend of mine who could afford several might say: Get a grip,
man, it's a freakin' toy!
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Greg Arnold
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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Ola Røer Thorsen wrote:
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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.
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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?
| Quote: | 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
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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?
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LimaZulu
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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[email]robertmudd1u (AT) aol (DOT) com[/email] je napisal:
| Quote: | 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.
--
Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly
Eric Greenwell
Washington State
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Check also new web page about Apis Electro on www.glider-one.si
Best regards,
Luka Znidarsic
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Robert Ehrlich
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: Electric Glider |
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