More pull force
The drive is designed for a nominal cable force of about 15-20N and and adapts easily to a range of 10N up to 25N.The graph shows force in Newton over time in seconds. You find a typical < 5N force… Read More »More pull force
“IMU – the new TEK”
.. a related topic .. What ugly acronyms, even mixed languages: IMU – inertial measuring unit; TEK – Total Energie Kompensation. Since we have IMU’s available on the consumer market the discussion on variometer compensation gained new speed. The projects… Read More »“IMU – the new TEK”
Breaking News
Order your new Schempp-Hirth glider now with ready installed jumbo drive. Remember to set the check for “jumbo” on the newly released glider configurator. This means that in future Schempp-Hirth also will be able to perform service and upgrades on… Read More »Breaking News
Meet Uwe Wahlig
Uwe Wahlig, Helmut Rohs (me), Marcus Böhnisch, Peter Kremer, Christoph Matkowski. Met a happy jumbo’er by chance at the Segelfliegertage in Koblenz October 22′. Uwe told me his story, which was in short: “I was looking for small wiper drives… Read More »Meet Uwe Wahlig
Feature Release 2.1
Form own experience and lots of feedback I learned that starting a wiper run sometimes struggles with getting the rope end off the spindle. Most of the time the rope holds the wiper in position, because it is not being… Read More »Feature Release 2.1
An LS8 jumbo installation
Very nicely documented and published adaptation of a jumbo set to an LS8. Congratulations to Gerrit and his tremendous flight, a first 1000km triangle with a standard class glider (here on weglide).
More than 10.000 Cycles
The bug wiper demonstrator and simulator has proven the robustness of design and parts. No breakage over the course of that many duty cycles, amazing! Watch the simulator in action.