At 20:31 05 November 2006, Doug Haluza wrote:
I was at the Schleicher factory last week, and asked
about this. They did purchase new higher temperature
curing ovens to try to solve this problem, but it has
not helped much. It seems that it just has to run its
course over time. They did say that the shrinkage seems
to be a one-time thing, and it is complete after about
4 years.

Hmmm, I take it they have examined the construction
of this wing vs other wings that don't shrink and get
spar bumps. Far be it for me to question Teutonic
marketing rationale...but spending $100k+ on a glider
that is going to have its performance suffer as the
wing shrinks, then get to spend another $20k+ on reprofile
and refinish....am I missing something here?