The DG-1001E successfully performed its maiden flight in the beginning of July. The DG-1001’s new version with FES-System by LZ Design was piloted by Jelmer Wassenaar, Head of Engineering at DG. The glider took-off with 18m neo wing tips and small FES Batteries (2x...
With an average speed of more than 141km/h Holger Back catched the daily victory in German Gliding Bundesliga on Sunday. This high speed impressively shows that the LS8-e neo’s performace remains excellent despite of the FES propeller folded to the fuselage. On...
More than twenty 1000km flights above Germany were registered on July 7th which makes this day one of the best of the 2020 season. Numerous DG and LS Pilots were able to take a day off to make use of the good weather conditions. One of the Pilots was Peter Mangold,...
Retrofitting a FES system to older LS8 versions is possible now! Since the release of our LS8-e neo prototype people ask us whether it is possible to retrofit a FES to older LS8, or not. We have to mention that only a small number of aircraft can be retrofitted. The...
The popular LS8 was refined with a FES system and is now sold as LS8-e neo. Our prototype was tested by many different pilots during the last 12 months. Based on customer feedback we took the chance to make some improvements for serial production. Modification...
