Wing dropping has not been a problem for me when flying dry. Ocassionally
happened to me when carrying water. As others have said, use the rudder to
correct for it. I also found that trimming a bit forward (or just pushing a
little) for the takeoff helps alot, in that getting the tail up faster
allows the rudder to correct any drop. (Untill the tail wheel is off the
ground the rudder doesn't help.) With this technique the wing drop became a
non-issue for me.

Overall, flys great. Will climb as well as just about any modern glass
ship. Looking out and back at the nice swept tips over the scenery makes a
pretty picture.

I have not found the stall to be anything unusual.. My only glass time
before the SZD was a fair amount of Grob103 time, a few ASK21 flights, and
one G102 flight. I have found it a joy to fly and had no stress or troubles
moving into it. Landings are easy.

"Gsoar" wrote in message
...
Hello,
I would like to get opinions regarding the szd 55-1. What I have
heard so far is that it tends to drop a wing when there is a bit of a
crosswind on take off but, is this more common with this glider than
other high performance standard class gliders? The gentleman I spoke
with had 4 aborted take offs in 50 flights and he has 6X the amount of
time as I do. Is this something that should be avoided in a 150h
pilot going from Grobs? It has also been commented to me that it is
"a high performance glider that really demands your concentration at
all times." While I try to pay attention most of the time, sometimes
I like to take in the view, is this glider too hot to handle
especially on landing for a run of the mill pilot? My goal is fun,
non contest (other than OLC), cross country. While I like vegetables,
I have no interest in picking them. I also would like to buy
something that I won't have to worry about refinishing in the near
future and is not something that will require too much in the
maintenance area. I don't want to be too anxious while I participate
in my recreation! Oh, the LS4 I responded to on W&W was sold in 15
minutes.

Thanks