{"id":13517,"date":"2016-12-05T18:23:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dg-flugzeugbau.de\/en\/?page_id=13517"},"modified":"2016-12-05T18:23:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:23:23","slug":"one-piece-canopy-better","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/library\/one-piece-canopy-better","title":{"rendered":"One piece canopy better??"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is a one piece canopy better for two-seater sailplane??<\/h2>\n

At the moment there are only three modern two seaters in the class up to 20 meters in production.\u00a0 The ASK 21, the Duo-Discus and the DG-505.\u00a0 The Duo-Discus has a one piece canopy, the others have two piece canopies.
\nIt is often asked if it would be better to fit the DG-505 with a one piece canopy, like we had done many years earlier with the DG-100.
\nNormally a one piece canopy is aesthetically nicer and the co-pilots sight is not blocked by a canopy\u00a0 frame.\u00a0 The production costs of a one piece canopy are lower in comparison to a two piece one. That is why we intensively considered all the options – especially during the development of the DG-1000.
\n\"\"It quickly became quite clear that the co-pilot in the Duo-discus has to contend with reflections from the exact point where our canopy frame is located.\u00a0 In other words, the view from our two seater is actually not that bad.
\nDuring our review a few negative point also arose for a one piece canopy:<\/p>\n