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The Schempp-Hirth Arcus is a flapped Two Seater Class glider in production by Schempp-Hirth. It first flew 7 April 2009. It first flew 7 April 2009. It is offered in addition to the Duo Discus which is an unflapped 20 metre two-seater, whose fuselage it shares.
The Duo Discus XL is the latest version. It shares the same fuselage as the Schempp-Hirth Arcus, and the Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 4D. The cockpit is now 10 cm longer to improve seat comfort, security, space, and ergonomics. The airbrake system has been moved 4 cm towards the leading edge, and now extends 18 mm higher.
The company's first product was the Göppingen Gö 1 Wolf glider, conceived as a rival to the ubiquitous Grunau Baby, but real success came with the Göppingen Gö 3 Minimoa the same year. During World War II , the company built DFS Habicht training gliders, as well as tailplane assemblies for the Messerschmitt Bf 109 .
Although most motor gliders have gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, a number of electric-powered self-launchers have been developed including the Lange Antares 20E and 23E, Schempp-Hirth Arcus E, Schleicher AS 34Me, Pipistrel Taurus Electro G2, Silent 2 Targa LE (Lithium Electric), and the closely related Air Energy AE1 Silent, Yuneec ...
The Antares 18 is available as a pure glider (18S) or with a two stroke engine (18T). The company announced a 23-metre Open Class glider on 23 April 2011, called Antares 23E . This has been developed in a joint venture with Schempp-Hirth which simultaneously announced another 23m glider called the Schempp-Hirth Quintus .
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The engine in each motor glider retracts into the fuselage, behind the cockpit. The different models are (production data as of 1999): Nimbus-4: a single-seat glider, type certified in Germany January 1, 1994. Total number produced: 11; Nimbus-4T: a single-seat self-sustaining motor glider, type certified in Germany June 15, 1993.
Sortable List Of Significant Glider types; Model Manufacturer / Designer ... Arcus: Schempp-Hirth: 2009 Two Seater 2 20 m (66 ft) 25.7 ... Schempp-Hirth: 2016 15/18 ...