DG Flugzeugbau LS8-18
VFRMSFS 2020 · 2024
~25/mo
A flapless single-seater that flies in the 15 m Standard Class or, with clip-on tips and winglets, at 18 m span. Water ballast in the wings and a fin tank let the pilot raise the wing loading on strong days.
Units
Performance
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 151 kt
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(S) · SPL
- Class rating
- Sailplane (aerotow / winch launch)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- DG Flugzeugbau
- Category
- Glider
- Engines
- No engine
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2000
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 0
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 1
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 525 kg
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Retractable gear
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 6.66 mWingspan 18 mHeight 1.33 m
- Length
- 6.66 m
- Wingspan
- 18 m
- Height
- 1.33 m
- Fuselage width
- 0.62 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- DG Flugzeugbau LS8-18Length 6.66 m
- Rolladen-Schneider LS4-bLength 6.66 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Red line: never exceed
- 43 kt
- 103 kt
- 151 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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