Video: Yando Goat 19-11-2012

[winsor68]

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[Sapphire]

Nice idea. Where gliding club tows are about $45 and competition gliders half million plus, you can have a lot of fun without financing a financial black hole. Think a semi enclosed canopy would improve the comfort level and glide performance.. Made one for a Sapphire and the bullet proof polycarbonate is not all that expensive.[don't use acrylic perspex]

 

 

[winsor68]

So true... I often think about the Grunau Baby Sailplane... simple... bugger all performance compared to modern sailplanes... but they were very popular and pilots had a lot of fun flying them...

 

 

 

[Sapphire]

Actually, some of the best gliding i had was in a wooden ka6 and ask13. The "high performance" gliders would come back from cross country but I would be the last to land near dusk and everybody would look in disbelief. Actually, hanging around locally all day, I know were all the local thermals were. And once you get to 10,000 feet, it's so easy to stay up in dying conditions near last light.