{"id":18913,"date":"2020-05-19T15:27:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dg-flugzeugbau.de\/en\/?p=18655"},"modified":"2021-02-08T18:58:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:58:29","slug":"e-mobilitaet-segelflug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/dg-aircraft-news\/e-mobilitaet-segelflug\/18913","title":{"rendered":"LS8-e neo &#8211; Updates for Serial Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modification overview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A nose-hook is available on demand and allows a comfortable aero-tow with improved directional stability<\/li>\n<li>The nose spar which holds the motor was modified to get more space in the legroom. Now every serial LS8-e neo has the same cockpit dimensions as a LS8 in sailplane configuration.<\/li>\n<li>The battery cover can now be opened and closed easily without tools<\/li>\n<li>a new propeller-stop software allows easy stop and positioning of the propeller and is also working reliable under low RPMs<\/li>\n<li>We modified the air flow inside the vent system. The ventilation system is very silent now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Serial production is about to start shortly. Questions about the aircraft as well as inquiries may be directed to our Sales Director <a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;to&#58;g&#111;eld&#110;&#101;&#114;&#64;&#100;g&#45;flu&#103;&#122;&#101;u&#103;b&#97;&#117;&#46;&#100;&#101;\">Stefan G\u00f6ldner<\/a> or to one of our <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/dg-flugzeugbau\/our-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">local dealers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also successfully converted a LS8-th with a defective engine into a LS8-e. We can offer to do this for other aircraft that have an engine or engine preparation as well. Questions regarding such retrofit maybe directed to <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;l&#116;&#111;:Tscho&#114;&#110;&#64;d&#103;&#45;&#102;&#108;&#117;gze&#117;&#103;b&#97;u&#46;&#100;e\">Sebastian Tschorn<\/a>\u00a0 or <a href=\"ma&#105;l&#116;&#111;:&#115;tr&#111;&#101;&#98;&#108;&#64;&#100;g-&#102;&#108;ugzeu&#103;ba&#117;&#46;de\">Dirk Str\u00f6bl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_gallery_post_type\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 overview: A nose-hook is available on demand and allows a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18923,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18913\/revisions\/18923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dg-aviation.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}