Skysailor,

The idea of choosing one with automatic connections,
as has been suggested, is an excellent idea.

While all the gliders on your list don't have auto
connections, they are all very capable gliders.

One main thing to look for in your search: A GOOD
trailer. A GOOD trailer can be a Cobra or Komet or
even a homebuilt, but they all have to be set up to
make assembly, disassembly, and towing easy.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

At 05:00 07 September 2005, Skysailor wrote:
I am in the market for a sailplane and am having a
difficult time in
choosing among five of them. They all seem to be one
or two generations
before current 'state of the art' aircraft. The ones
that I am
interested in are as follows: DG-300,LS-4,LS-6,Discus
B,& ASW-19. I
realize that the LS-6 is flapped and the others are
not. I have
approximately 120 hours in gliders and currently checked
out in the
Blanik L-23,Grob 103,Sparrowhawk and the PW-5. Does
anyone have any
opinions or advice that they would want to share concerning
the five
which interest me the most? I want to have something
which is docile
and with no suprises in flight characteristics. It
needs to be one
which can go cross-country
with a reasonable chance of being able to complete
a task without
landing out. I realize all sailplane pilots will land
out occasionaly
if they are pushing their individual envelopes and
trying to better
their skills. (I have aleady landed out once safely
with no damage.)
These five sailplanes all seem to fall in a price range
of $30-45K.I
would appreciate any objective,unbiased opinions.(
I realize this may
be impossible.)