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- Arcus
  - Arcus
    - 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.
  - Arcus T
    - To fly the probably best two-seater glider that has yet been designed doesn't mean that you have to forgo plannable and safe long distance flights. At minimal additional weight, the turbo engine option turns an Arcus into an Arcus T. Should you run out or lift, you can always rely on the turbo engine - as not every glider pilot needs the adventure of a nightly retrieval by trailer.
  - Arcus M
    - Even though designed for self-launch capabilities without compromises, the Arcus is still an extremely agile two-seater with very balanced flight characteristics. The motorglider’s performance spectrum reaches from ambitious cross-country flights to unbelievable record flights and regularly puts the self-launching Arcus into top positions in competitions and championships.
- Discus
  - Discus-2
    - The long tradition of the Discus as the leading Standard Class glider has been taken over and deepened by the Discus-2. While continuously reaching top positions at World Championships, European Championships and Nationals, its pleasant handling has also made it popular as an all-round glider.
  - Discus-2cFES
    - The Front Electric Sustainer (FES) electrical engine now also provides the Discus-2c with an environment-friendly, silent and intuitive to use insurance agains unwanted outlandings. Starting immediately and almost impossible to operate wrongly, this system - in combination with the Discus-2c's perfect control balance and well-known harmonic flight characteristics - provides the ideal solution for both ambitious competitive pilots and day-to-day usage in a gliding club.
  - Discus-2c
    - This 18m glider combines agile and harmless flight characteristics with gliding performance reserved to open class gliders only a few years ago. Thanks to the perfect control balance and the harmonic gliding characteristics, you'll feel comfortable and relaxed the first moment you'll fly a Discus-2c. The glider of choice for routined competition pilots, the outstanding everyday glider for ambitious performance pilots or the demanded single-seater in a gliding club.
  - Discus-2cT
    - The combination of the versatility of using a Discus-2cT and the easy usage of its engine make it the ideal piece of sports equipment for competitions or ambitious cross-country flights, the perfect companion for soaring safaris - or simply the robust favorite glider of any gliding club.
- Duo Discus
  - 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.
- Quintus
  - Quintus M
    - The handy 23m wingspan makes maneuvering on the ground easy, and even more so once in the air. A very slim wing with high aspect ratio and up to 250 liters of water ballast ensure wing loads between 39 and 59 kg/m^² make this glider extremely flexible, further enhanced by the independence provided by the powerful and easy to operate engine system that allows the Quintus to take-off wherever needed.
      The handiness of the 23m wingspan makes for easy maneuvering on the ground, but especially in the air.
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Latest Updates:

07/25/2019

Summer championships

It's championship peak season for Europe and North-America, and our pilots all around the world made it very well!

07/05/2019

Namibia-like Conditions at the North Sea: Tijl Schmelzer beats 2 Belgian Records on Ventus-3

On July 3rd, Tijl Schmelzer took off in Belgium and flew 1.233 OLC kilometers, creating a new 1.044km out-and-return and 1.049 free distance Belgium record. Both former records that were beaten by him...

06/17/2019

We mourn the loss of our colleague and gliding friend Laszlo Körmendi

We still can not believe it.

06/17/2019

300th Arcus delivered

On Friday, June 14th 2019, the 300th Arcus was delivered by our Head of Sales Biggo Berger to Rainer and Dagmar Hog for use in the Bitterwasser Flying Center (Namibia). Brigitte and Tilo Holighaus...