ideal training glider

[M B]

>* Good visibility : No >* light, good handling : No
>>>* Spacious cockpit : No Hmmm...I think the 2-33 has
>good visibility and a spacious cockpit. It is not
'light handling' and I think pitch sensitivity is a
disadvantage in primary training, so I LIKE the heavy
controls of the 2-33 and Blanik. As far as looks go,
just make sure you're always inside it and not looking
at it :) Mark Boyd P.S. I'm still willing to pay
recycle rates for 2-33's if anyone has one...

[Shirley]

wrote:

>It is not 'light handling' and I think pitch sensitivity
>is a disadvantage in primary training, so I LIKE the
>heavy controls of the 2-33 and Blanik. As far as
>looks go, just make sure you're always inside it
>and not looking at it :) Mark Boyd P.S. I'm still
>willing to pay recycle rates for 2-33's if anyone
>has one...

:-) Me, too. I love the 2-33 (nothing scientific). Not everyone has to have
the fastest, sleekest, cushiest, highest L/D and prettiest attention-getter to
enjoy the experience. What's so bad about heavy controls anyway?

[Liam Finley]

M B > wrote in message >...
> >* Good visibility : No >* light, good handling : No
> >>>* Spacious cockpit : No Hmmm...I think the 2-33 has
> >good visibility and a spacious cockpit. It is not
> 'light handling' and I think pitch sensitivity is a
> disadvantage in primary training, so I LIKE the heavy
> controls of the 2-33 and Blanik. As far as looks go,
> just make sure you're always inside it and not looking
> at it :) Mark Boyd P.S. I'm still willing to pay
> recycle rates for 2-33's if anyone has one...

Spacious? I guess, if you have had both legs amputated. Otherwise it
is impossible to get full aileron travel without lifting your leg up
out of the way, which is difficult to do while stepping on the rudder.
Perhaps this is why Schweizer trained pilots typically have such poor
coordination.

Good visibility? How many other gliders require you to bank the
opposite direction to properly clear a turn?

2-33 == bad glider