Stratford on Avon Gliding club has a Rolladen-Schneider LS4 as an advanced cross-country single seater.
The standard class LS4 offers very high performance combined with good mannered handling in a competition-capable aircraft design.
The LS4 which has a retractable undercarriage and water ballast system is capable of a peak-L/D of 40.5:1.
Stratford’s LS4 is equipped with an LXNAV V-7 vario/glide computer coupled with FLARM and can be equipped with a PDA running XCSoar.
LS4 Specifications:
Empty weight: 238kg
MTOW: 472kg
VNE: 146kts
Min Sink: 120ft/min
Best L/D: 40.5 @ 54kts