LS-Feeling of Perfection
In the past 3 years, I have flown about 180 hours in the LS10 D-9710, Serial No.1 - most of these hours during training camps of the national team, and during competitions such as the German Championships and the World Championships.
Even after all this flying, my verdict is the same as on the very first day:
It is not often that I have flown an aircraft with so much enthusiasm as the LS10. The glider is simply inspiring, it strengthens your confidence, and is fun to fly.
I think this is due to the well balanced characteristics of flight. Irrespective of the situation and the conditions, the aircraft is always completely competitive. An invaluable advantage, especially in competitions with varying weather conditions.
The LS10 does not manifest any weaknesses in flight, placing it far ahead of its competitors overall.
In particular, I would like to point out the following:
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Typical ‘LS Feeling’
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Very high sensitivity to thermals – you’re never afraid to fly past the lift
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The wings do not soil easily
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Excellent climbing characteristics
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Good gliding performance
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Very pleasant handling during the launch, on aerotow as well as on the winch, nose does not have the tendency to rotate, not too long a ground run
Good landing behaviour and a short landing run
There are a few criticisms, but that’s exactly what we intend to eliminate before the series production:
1. With some flap settings, the controls are a little heavy because the control surface linkage is not completely in alignment with the receiving funnels in the fuselage, due to an assembly error during the build on the S/N 1. On the second aircraft built, this fault has been rectified, and for the series, the controls will of course always be light and smooth.
2. An old problem on the LS:
The wheel brake should be more efficient and cannot be adjusted accurately enough. In the series models it will therefore be controlled via the air brake lever.
3. Because there isn’t enough difference between the upper and lower aileron deployment positions the stick load is quite high with low wing loading. That is why there will be some modifications in the controls of the series aircraft.
Holger Back
The development goes on!
The development of the LS10-s and the LS10-st to the production stage goes on with might and main in Bruchsal.
Especially, a new and improved wing-fuselage-transition was created in order to reduce the fuselage-close turbulences. The fit of the wings of the prototype were not made properly, hence we build a special mock-up made from wood.
For us it is truly not enough to rebuild the concept of Rolladen-Schneider, although it was well developed. Otherwise our co-manager Holger Back would not have won the German National Gliding Championship!
Our aim is to build and bring a plane to the market with the technical achievements of the year 2007!
And finally the 3-angle-view of the LS10-s:
Well:
The development goes on and on the Aero 2007 we will present the first LS10 - original from DG Flugzeugbau!
And after this you can expect the 15m version of the LS10 too.
This is another wooden mock-up for precise measurements of the main spar and its connection
- quite a lot of work until it flies..... |