{"id":3404,"date":"2011-05-24T08:39:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2011-05-24T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T15:40:58","slug":"phoenix-gfc-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/phoenix-gfc-update\/","title":{"rendered":"PhoEnix GFC Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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High view shows 14.5 meter modified Discus wing on PhoEnix<\/p><\/div>\n

Jim Lee\u2019s informative and beautifully illustrated blog <\/a>features \u201cPhoEnix with the capital E in the middle,\u201d the motorglider he will fly in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Electrically powered with a Krall 44 motor, it has a pointy nose and retractable gear to make it more slippery than the already high-performance Phoenix without the capital E and with a mere Rotax behind the propeller.<\/p>\n

According to Lee, the 14.5 meter (47.57 feet) modified Schempp-Hirth Discus wing is raised above the low position of the gas-powered version to make room for the electrically-retracted gear, which hides in what was originally a luggage compartment \u2013 another change from the standard Phoenix. The wing is configured to win the GFC, as is the rest of the airplane.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Electrically-retractable gear hides in former luggage compartment<\/p><\/div>\n

Lee, the U. S. distributor\u00a0for Phoenix Air,\u00a0says in his blog, that \u201cthe PhoEnix is purpose built for a race. A race that offers big bucks for the winner, but with a bar set so high that it is unlikely that anyone will win it. But if any aircraft can do it, the PhoEnix can!\u201d<\/p>\n