On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 10:56:01 +0000 (UTC),
(Michel Talon) wrote:


If you don't benefit from this effect you have to sell cheaper or you don't
sell. Take an example, the French glider Pegase was an excellent glider, very
comparable to the LS4. It was 30% cheaper than the LS4 still it was difficult
to sell, to say the least.

One cause for that was the bad reputation of the (early?) french-built
ASW-20's. I've seen the leading edges of a couple of Centrair 20's and
Pegase 78 - not good stuff.


I don't understand why you all take this
personnally like if i had said, Polish gliders are crap. The only thing i have
said, and i maintain, is that whatever the qualities of Polish gliders, people
will buy them if they are cheaper than German ones, not in the opposite case.

Give them a chance, Michel!
Time will tell how good the Diana really is - and competition is never
a bad thing for such a limited market as glider manufacturing. It's
hard to predict the success of an aircraft when the first prototype
has only been flown for a couple of days.




Bye
Andreas