On Jan 7, 1:51*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:
Thanks for the LS info, Larry!

Ray -

Great, but how do I find out how "nice" the trailer is without flying
around the country and looking at each one of them? :-P *Everyone says
they have a "good" trailer - but the definition of "good" seems to
vary a lot based on who's selling and who's buying! heheheh...

I totally agree, though. *Our club used to have a Russia and it got a
bad reputation for never being flown. *The club got rid of it before I
joined. *People said it was good to get rid of it, but with a little
bit of probing I found out that people LOVED it in the air - they just
HATED dragging it awkwardly out of the trailer. *This is another place
where my Russia has spoiled me - its a custom-built trailer where the
wings are on sliding tracks, and the front and rear doors capture the
wing roots & tips to keep the whole thing secured for trailering.

LS drivers: *What do you think about the fact that the airbrake and
flap handles share space? *Johnson's review dinged both the 3 and the
3a for this. *How much does it annoy you? *Are you ever concerned that
you'll have to put the flaps down at high speed (contrary to the POH)
in order to get the spoilers out?

Thanks a bunch, take care,

--Noel

Noel,
I've been flying a LS 3a for a year and so far the flap/spoiler
operation has not been an issue. I have yet to be in a position to
where I felt the need to depoly the spoilers at high speeds.

I can self rig the ship in about 30 to 40 minutes. I use pins to
safety the airleron connections and that does take the most time. My
hands get a little sweatty here in the Arizona sun.

MIke