Electron DS60

Electron - DS60

Super-Tron Shatters Foamie World Record 207mph!
Foamie DS Speed of 207mph 10/1/05

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Super-Tron
161 mph World Record Run

The next generation EPP Dynamic Soaring sailplanes. The Electron - DS60 is an extremely fast, responsive and durable sailplane. It was specifically designed to meet the challenges of Dynamic Soaring. Unballasted it can be flown in medium lift conditions. Fulley ballasted it can take gale force winds. Cruise it around on the front side slope and amaze people with the roll rate and manuverability or hit the dual rates and take it into the dark side for insane dynamic soaring speed. This model has excellent energy retention and turning ability for all styles of performance flight.

What makes the Electron better...
* High aspect ratio for improved Dynamic Soaring efficiency. Improves top speed and allows higher punchouts.
* Tripple wing spar construction provides an extremely strong and stiff EPP wing. No flutter at 120+ mph DS speeds
* Ballast tubes included for up to 15oz lead ballast. Extending optimal wing loading up to Gail Force wind conditions.
* At lease 3 kits have broken the 140 mark with a 144mph and a 149mph recorded in Southern California. (1 @ 161 in N.Cal.)

Quotes from Satisfied Customers on the Electron - DS60:
A.T.:"for the first time... I was amazed... It is one unbelievably fast piece of foam. all i can say is WOW"
I.:"Im yet to fly it in REALLY good conditions ie with some ballast, today, its third flight was in 8-12kts only, it flew very nicely, very fast if you wanted with incredible energy retention but also incredibly slow with no hyper stall until it was nearly going backards in the light breeze"
B.W.:"everyone who has seen my electron fly have been most impressed"
R.H.:"I just recently got a chance to fly the electron d.s.-60 in moderate conditions. Awesome speed range, energy retention,and stability...Its like a pelican with a hidden bottle of nitrous oxide."

Electron DS60
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Kit Contents:
-CNC Cut EPP Wing Cores (R & L)
-CNC Cut EPP Fuselage
-Coroplast Vertical Stabilizer
-1/4 x 24 Carbon Fiber Longeron
-1/4 x 36 Carbon Fiber Wing Rod
-1/8 x 1/4 Balsa Wing Spar Cap
-1/8 x 1/2 x 36 Basswood Wing Spar (4x)
-1/2 x 30ft Fiberglass Tape
-Control Clevis (4x)
-Control Horns (2x)
-2-56 x 12 Threaded Rod (1x)
-Detailed Instructions (Hard Copy)

Pre-Drilled Fuselage Pod

Pre-Drilled Ballast tube holes availble on Super-Tron Upgrade

Build Preview. Standard build takes about 10 hours. Improvements shown in pictures adds 2-3 hours of build time
Super-Tron Upgrades add several additional hours

Super-Tron Upgrade:
- 1/2" ID x 12" Ballast Tube
- 1/2" OD x 12" Brass Ballast Bar
- Spar Reinforcement Cap
- Special Tuff Planes span loading system
- Wing Mods to accept above
- Custom reinforced Elevons
- Upgrade Instructions including multiple
performace enhancing tips and modifications

Ordering Note: In order to obtain the "Super-Tron Unpgrade" it must be purchased on same shopping cart as the Electron it is intended to be used on. There are additional features machined into the wing to accept the upgrades and only 1 set of wings will be included in the kit.
Safety Note: The Super Tron upgrade greatly increases the damage this model can do to persons and property. DSing is inherently dangerous and extreme care must be taken when operating these models. As with all Tuff Planes Products, by the act of using the final user-assembled product, the user accepts all resulting liability.

Here's an email from Dr Gerhard in Hamburg,
"Congratulations for Electron DS60, I received the Electron a week after the order, no problems with custom, delivery at home. I'm addicted to dynamic soaring since 4 to 5 years and started with a glas fiber sailplanes. The conditions for ds are not so good in Hamburg, in my district there is only a small hill of rumble. the diameters you have to fly are approximately 10 to 20 meters. Normal sailing can also be done on the fronside and the steep coast of the baltic or north sea. The risk of damaging the sailplanes is very high and so I tried the first Joe Wurts ds-planes (48 inch), some germans epp (1,50 meter) and the Pluto (60 inch) from NCFM, USA. The electron is the best and is nearly compariable to the glas fiber sailplane miniellipse with 1,50 m wing span!
If the wind consitions are too bad I use a bungee start. The start height you get is also a significant feature for the glider and the electron DS 60 reaches the best height of all the epp gliders and is comparable to the height of the miniellipse of the Czechoslovakian manufacturer and distributed by Euromodelle in Germany. The unballasted weight of my electron is a little bit below 900 grams. On the steep coast I tried half of the ballast weight by combining brass and plastic cylinders and it worked good. The wind was not strong enough for the complete ballast. Because of bad experience I also used your proposal for better connection of the fuselage and wing by strengthening with a 3mm steel wire. The building description is very good together with the pictures in the net. Friends has also flown the electron and judge it as the best epp glider available at the moment. Thanks for the fast delivery and congratulations for the perfect construction."