Earlier, (Mike Stringfellow) wrote:

...Economic models would suggest a strong incentive for sailplane
manufacture in North America, but I wonder if the numbers of potential
sales would justify this.

Any thoughts?

I have no particularly meaningful thoughts on whether it is
economically feasable, except that I intend to give it a try and see
how it goes.

However, one other thing I'll toss into this thread is that the
materials costs of building sailplanes is closely linked (at least,
more closely than I'd like) to the price of oil. I've been talking
with my suppliers, and _their_ suppliers have been seeing monthly and
sometimes weekly price increases on composite and plastic materials.
What with oil prices doubling since Y2K, it makes a big difference.

Thanks, and best regards to all

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24