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      • Performance benchmarks in the Two-Seater Class have been re-defined by the Arcus. Whether clubs are aiming to achieve OLC top positions or privat pilots plan record flights, competition results or interesting safari flights - the Arcus provides the ideal means to put these ideas into practice. The joint flight experience will double your pleasure and success. New step is even achieved with the updated design of the Arcus "20", available in pure (S), Retriever (T) or Self-launch (M) types.

    • Ventus

      • Look forward to a flight experience like you have never felt before. Effortlessly call on incredible performance. Honest, direct feedback provides you with a reassuring sense of reliability. Combine this with unrivalled agility and become one with the glider to uncover hidden potential. Ventus is available in pure version (S), Retriever with 2-strokes engine (T), Retriever and Adventure expander electro-engine (FES), and Self-launch 2-strokes engine (M with updated Neo version).

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      • Duo Discus FES
        • User-friendly, simple, and independent: The Duo Discus FES guarantees maximum flying fun. It represents a new generation of flying that combines the Duo Discus’s flight characteristics – proven over decades – with a propulsion system that offers a significant safety advantage thanks to its ingeniously simple operation. This benefits not only beginners, who quickly gain confidence and experience steep learning curves. Experienced pilots, too, can take advantage of these benefits to explore new flying areas.

           

      • Duo Discus XL

        • Easy to fly, comfortable, handy, agile - with outstanding performance: The Duo-Discus XL is the perfect device for enjoying flights together, whether in syndicates, in the family or in daily gliding club operation.

      • Duo Discus XLT

        • The Duo-Discus XL is the perfect device for enjoying flights together, whether in syndicates, in the family or in daily gliding club operation. And with its proven Turbo sustainer system, outlandings become a story of the past.

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High-Performance Gliders

Latest Updates:

09/17/2026

Duo Discus FES - The allrounder for modern training and cross-country gliding

For over 30 years, the Duo Discus has been setting the standards in gliding – no other aircraft in its class combines training comfort and high…

09/14/2026

New Service Station in Oerlinghausen: Schempp-Hirth Service Expands

Closer ties with our customers, better service, and another important step toward the future: Schempp-Hirth Service is expanding its presence with a…

09/09/2026

Ventus-3E Performance Receives Type Certification

In August, the Ventus-3E Performance received its type certification, clearing the way for series production.

09/08/2026

Sailplane Grand Prix in Vinon – Mario Kiessling dominates the Southern Alps with the Ventus-3

From August 30 to September 5, the international gliding elite met for the FAI Sailplane Grand Prix in Vinon-sur-Verdon in southern France.

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Latest TNs:


2026-10-07 – TN 627-16 Rev.1 / AD 2026-0197

Charge controller of the powered glider Ventus-3M

Ventus-3M all

2026-05-13 – TN 360-30

To improve flight performance and flight characteristics new…

Discus-2a all

2026-05-13 – TN 360-30

To improve flight performance and flight characteristics new…

Discus-2b all

2026-05-13 – TN 863-28

To improve flight performance and flight characteristics new…

Discus-2T all

2026-04-28 – TN 627-13

Introduction of an electric water ballast system and an…

Ventus-3T (Sport Edition) all

2026-02-06 – TN 627-15

Improvement of the product and implementation of the SOLO…

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2025-03-06 – TN 627-11 Rev. 2

Leaking fuel line in the fuel system of the wing.

Ventus-3M #31 – #253

2024-09-13 – TN A532-12 Rev.1

New suspension of spindle drive for the powerplant

Arcus M all

2024-07-09 – TN 278-25 Rev.1 / 80-243

Elevator drive; lower ball bearing for the drive rod hook…

Standard Cirrus #21, Standard Cirrus #23, Standard Cirrus #27, Standard Cirrus #30, Standard Cirrus #32 – #34, Standard Cirrus #36 – #52, Standard Cirrus #54 – #120

2024-05-04 – TN 863-25 Rev.1

Improved FES batteries, improved FCU firmware

Discus-2cFES all

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