A closer look at the Jonker JS5 prototype 

(Make sure to click on CC for subtitles - the interviewer audio is not really great)
THE JS5 is the latest glider in the open class
A class where the full engineering potential of any gliding producer can be set free.
Jonker believes that the 24 meter wingspan is the sweet spot for performance in the low and high speed regime, but how does a prototype look and what philosophy is behind the construction?
Last Wednesday, NORDIC GLIDING had a rare chance to get an online closer look at the JS5-prototype with Design Engineer Mauritz Bonnet and Sales Agent Arne Boye Møller from Jonker Sailplanes.
The setup was a bit funky as Jens Trabolt, Editor of NORDIC GLIDING, was sitting in Copenhagen Denmark, while Mouritz, Arne and the JS5 were in South Africa doing the camera work.