The VenusIII has evolved from our highly successful competition glider the Mercury '08 and shows the same friendly handling that made the Mercury such a popular glider choice with both cross-country and competition pilots.

The Venus III is a 3-line concept with similar line consumption to our MercuryIII. The combination of unsheated Liros Dyneema and Cousin Vectraline give the VenusIII an impressive reduction in drag when compared to the VenusII with consequent increase in speed and glide.

Performance will be at the top of the EN D, LTF D class. Preliminary tests with our latest 6.95AR protos are showing that VenusIII will fit easily into the EN D, LTF D category with performance beyond the currents levels within the class.

Glide ratio: 10.5,
Min. sink: 0.9
Max. speed: 63km/h.
VenusIII will be available in 5 sizes from 60 kg - 145 kg.

Certification is planned for january 2011

More details coming soon, first fly-test video here:http://www.vimeo.com/14778092