On Feb 8, 8:12 am, Tony Verhulst wrote:
Jack wrote:
Peter F wrote:
At 02:42 08 February 2007, Steve Davis wrote:
Discus 2 performance at a fraction of the cost.

That would be why there was so many flying at the last
Std Class World Champs then..

41 Discus 2 A & B in the US

6 flew in 2006 Senior Contest, Seminole Lake Gliderport, Florida

23 Genesis II in the US

2 flew in 2006 Senior Contest, Seminole Lake Gliderport, Florida

That's a reasonable representation.

Sure, but the real question is (was) - if the Genesis 2 is as good as a
Discus 2, why aren't there more G2's?

Tony V.

Good question. I think there are a lot of variables involved here.
For one, the G2 is an unorthodox design, and I think we've seen that
in many different aircraft that tends to lead to low production
numbers. Beech Starship comes to mind.

Clem Bowman's accident certainly must have had some effect on orders.
We will never know what would have happened had he continued his
successful racing career in the G2.

Otherwise - there are plenty of designs that were successful
sailplanes but had limited production runs. How about the Sisu? The
number of units produced is not necessarily a good metric of the
absolute value of a glider.

The G2 can be debated in a number of ways. Some people just don't
like they way they look - fair enough. That's personal taste. But if
you have a look at the numbers (and maybe even fly one), I think the
reason for the low production number lies outside the performance
realm and gets into the area of manufacturing issues. My hat is off to
the people that worked hard to produce them.

Mike Brooks